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In feudalism, an 'overlord' was a lord having authority over other lords.
'Overlord' may also refer to:
In 'military history':

★ ''Operation Overlord'' (codename for the Battle of Normandy), the invasion of Normandy by Allied forces during World War II

★ Overlord (military acronym)
In 'fiction':

★ Overlord (comics), a comic-book supervillain created by Erik Larsen

★ Overlord (Transformers), a ''Transformers'' character

★ Overlord (species), a non-human species in the book ''Childhood's End'' by Arthur C. Clarke

★ "Invasion of the Capital" / "Over Lord", an episode of the TV series ''RahXephon'' with an operation named after the Battle of Normandy.

★ Dark Lord (also known as "Evil Overlord"), in fiction, a powerful villain with evil henchmen

★ In the Disgaea games, Anime, and manga, an Overlord is a demon in charge of a netherworld of its own.
In 'video gaming':

★ ''Overlord'' (1990 computer game) (called ''Supremacy'' in Europe), a 1991 strategy computer game

★ ''Overlord'' (2007 video game), an action/adventure game for the Xbox 360 and PC

★ A type of hero in the computer game ''Heroes III'

★ The name of Act 5—Quest 1 in the computer game ''

★ Overlord, an airborne Zerg breed used for battle co-ordination and transport the ''StarCraft'' science-fiction series.

★ The name of a Chinese tank in the game ''

★ The only known name for the ruler of the city Freeport in the game EverQuest 2

★ The name of one of the character classes in the computer game Lineage II
'Other':

★ ''Overlord (film)'', a 1975 film by Stuart Cooper

★ Overlord meme, an internet meme relating mock submission

★ Evil overlord, another word for supervillain

★ Evil Overlord List, a list of common errors made by stereotypical villains