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/ˈoʊvərmən/ Listen

noun

Overman n. (pl. overmen)

One in authority over others; a chief; usually, an overseer or boss.

An arbiter.

In the philosophy of Nietzsche, a man of superior physique and powers capable of dominating others; one fitted to survive in an egoistic struggle for the mastery.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Overman" Quotes from Famous Books

... the quality of their laughing—up to those who are capable of GOLDEN laughter. And supposing that Gods also philosophize, which I am strongly inclined to believe, owing to many reasons—I have no doubt that they also know how to laugh thereby in an overman-like and new fashion—and at the expense of all serious things! Gods are fond of ridicule: it seems that they cannot refrain from ...

— Beyond Good and Evil • Friedrich Nietzsche

... overman grimly, "that's what our lads weant believe in— your brometers, and pressures, and such like. They don't like to be teached by one who they say's ...

— Son Philip • George Manville Fenn

... Mrs. J.P. Overman, of Elizabeth City, whose father, the late Dr. William Pool, of Pasquotank County, spent his boyhood days at Elmwood, then the home of his father, has given the writer a description of this historic house, as ...

— In Ancient Albemarle • Catherine Albertson

... Herman—At Pembroke, a large silver tankard, holding two quarts and half a pint, so called from the donor, Mr. George Overman. The late John Hudson, the college tonsor and common room man,{*} was famous for having several times, for trifling wagers, drank a full overman of strong beer off at a draught. A Tun, another vessel in ...

— The English Spy • Bernard Blackmantle

... one comes so well recommended, you know, by Mrs. Overman and Mrs. Grosvenor. You have heard of these ladies in society, no ...

— Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter • Lawrence L. Lynch