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Overseer definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OVERSEE'R, n.
1. One who overlooks; a superintendent; a supervisor.
2. An officer who has the care of the poor or of an idiot, etc.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who directs and manages an organization [syn: overseer, superintendent]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1523 supervisor, superintendent

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a person who supervises others, esp. workers. Phrases and idioms: overseer of the poor Brit. hist. a parish official who administered funds to the poor. Etymology: OVERSEE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Overseer O`ver*seer", n. One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(overseers) 1. An overseer is someone whose job is to make sure that employees are working properly. I was put in the tailor shop, and I loved it. I was promoted to overseer. = supervisor N-COUNT 2. If a person or organization is the overseer of a particular system or activity, they are responsible for making sure that the system or activity works properly and is successful. ...the department's dual role as overseer of oil production and safety. N-COUNT: usu with poss

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

o-ver-se'-er, or -ser': One who overlooks, inspects; in the Old Testament from natsach (2Ch 2:18; in 2Ch 34:13 the Revised Version (British and American) changes to "set forward"), and paqadh (Ge 39:4,5; 2Ch 34:12,17; the Revised Version (British and American) has this word for the King James Version "officers" in Ge 41:34, and for "rulers" in 1Ch 26:32); in the New Testament once for episkopos, in Ac 20:28, where the Revised Version (British and American) has "bishops" (margin "overseers"; compare 1Pe 5:2).

See BISHOP.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Superintendent, inspector, supervisor, director, oversman.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A man standing in the pillory, is, from his elevated situation, said to be made an overseer.

Moby Thesaurus

Big Brother, auditor, boatswain, boss, chief, comptroller, controller, floor manager, floorman, floorwalker, foreman, gaffer, ganger, head, headman, inspector, manager, monitor, noncommissioned officer, overman, proctor, sirdar, slave driver, straw boss, subforeman, super, superintendent, superior, supervisor, surveyor, taskmaster, visitor