overbearer

English

Etymology

From Middle English overberere, equivalent to overbear +‎ -er.

Noun

overbearer (plural overbearers)

1. one who overbears or is overbearing
   • 1836, Philip Bury Duncan, Essays on Conversation and on Quackery:

     Underbearers in conversation are, undoubtedly, much less irksome than overbearers, yet too much hesitation and timidity render a man unfit for colloquial purposes; and we cannot but smile at Cowper's delineation of this very cautious gentleman.