governor vs overman

governor

noun
  • Boss; employer; gaffer. 

  • A constituent of a phrase that governs another. 

  • A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback. 

  • A member of a decision-making for an organization or entity (including some public agencies) similar to or equivalent to a board of directors (used especially for banks); a member of the board of governors. 

  • A pilot; a steersman. 

  • Father. 

  • The chief executive officer of a first-level division of a country. 

overman

noun
  • A person who supervises others; a supervisor, especially in a mine. 

  • A person with great powers; a superman. 

verb
  • To provide with too many personnel; overstaff. 

How often have the words governor and overman occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )