"overman" meaning in English

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        "t": "a superior; leader; master"
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      "expansion": "Middle English overman (“a superior; leader; master”)",
      "name": "inh"
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        "2": "over",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English overman (“a superior; leader; master”), equivalent to over- + man. Compare superman.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "overmen",
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        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "back-overman"
        },
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          "word": "fore-overman"
        }
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          "ref": "1980, Great Britain. Dept. of Health and Social Security, Reported Decisions of the Social Security Commissioner",
          "text": "Despite the effects of the disease, he was subsequently promoted to overman and thereafter to undermanager.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who supervises others; a supervisor, especially in a mine."
      ],
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        [
          "supervise",
          "supervise"
        ],
        [
          "supervisor",
          "supervisor"
        ],
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          "mine",
          "mine"
        ]
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "foreman"
        }
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  "word": "overman"
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      "expansion": "Calque of German Übermensch",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Calque of German Übermensch",
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    {
      "form": "overmen",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A person with great powers; a superman."
      ],
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          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "superman",
          "superman"
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      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "over- + man (verb)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "overmans",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overmanning",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overmanned",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overmanned",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "To provide with too many personnel; overstaff."
      ],
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          "personnel",
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        ],
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          "overstaff",
          "overstaff"
        ]
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  ],
  "word": "overman"
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    {
      "word": "back-overman"
    },
    {
      "word": "fore-overman"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English overman (“a superior; leader; master”), equivalent to over- + man. Compare superman.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "overmen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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          "text": "Despite the effects of the disease, he was subsequently promoted to overman and thereafter to undermanager.",
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        }
      ],
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        "A person who supervises others; a supervisor, especially in a mine."
      ],
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        [
          "supervise",
          "supervise"
        ],
        [
          "supervisor",
          "supervisor"
        ],
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          "mine",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "foreman"
    }
  ],
  "word": "overman"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Calque of German Übermensch",
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        "A person with great powers; a superman."
      ],
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          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "superman",
          "superman"
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  "etymology_text": "over- + man (verb)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "overmans",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "overmanning",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overmanned",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overmanned",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "To provide with too many personnel; overstaff."
      ],
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          "overstaff",
          "overstaff"
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  "word": "overman"
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