benevolent overlord

noun

A person in a position of power who does not act tyrannically.

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Meanings

nounbenevolent overlord (plural benevolent overlords)

plural benevolent overlords

  1. idiomaticA person in a position of power who does not act tyrannically.

    Ever since our benevolent overlords, the Japanese, began to panic everything has been all turned around.

    1990, Hisao Kimura with Scott Berry, Japanese agent in Tibet: my ten years of travel in disguise, page 103
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    Look, the benevolent overlord attitude might have gone a lot further for you back in the day, but don't even think you can use it on me.

    2007, Lara Adrian, Kiss of Midnight, page 279
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