SUPERINTENDENT DEFINITIONS - 12 definitions found
superintendent n 1: a person who directs and manages an organization [syn: overseer, superintendent] 2: a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector [syn: superintendent, super] superintendent - rajipa Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) superintendent noun Etymology: Medieval Latin superintendent-, superintendens, from Late Latin, present participle of superintendere Date: 1554 one who has executive oversight and charge • superintendent adjective Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary superintendent (superintendents) 1. In Britain, a superintendent is a senior police officer of the rank above an inspector. In the United States, a superintendent is the head of a police department. He was stopped at the airport by an assistant superintendent of police. ...Detective Superintendent Kirby. N-COUNT; N-TITLE 2. A superintendent is a person who is responsible for a particular thing or the work done in a particular department. He became superintendent of the bank's East African branches... N-COUNT: N of n 3. A superintendent is a person whose job is to look after a large building such as a school or a block of flats and deal with small repairs to it. (AM; in BRIT, use caretaker) N-COUNT English Explanatory Dictionary superintendent ˌsju:pərɪnˈtendənt n. & adj. --n. 1 a a person who superintends. b a director of an institution etc. 2 a Brit. a police officer above the rank of inspector. b US the head of a police department. 3 US the caretaker of a building. --adj. superintending. [eccl.L superintendent- part. stem of superintendere: see SUPERINTEND] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Superintendent \Su`per*in*tend"ent\, a. [L. superintendens, p. pr. See Superintend.] Overseeing; superintending. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Superintendent \Su`per*in*tend"ent\, n. [Cf. OF. superintendant, F. surintendant. Cf. Surintendant.] One who has the oversight and charge of some place, institution, or organization, affairs, etc., with the power of direction; as, the superintendent of an almshouse; the superintendent of public works. Syn: Inspector; overseer; manager; director; curator; supervisor. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms superintendent n. Overseer, supervisor, master, conductor, inspector, curator, warden, guardian, custodian, intendant, director. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) superintendent ˌsju:pərɪnˈtendənt n. supervisor, foreman, overseer, manager, administrator, chief, head, boss; governor, controller, director, conductor: Alan has been appointed superintendent of the new project. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 85 Moby Thesaurus words for "superintendent": Big Brother, G-man, MP, administrator, auditor, bailiff, beadle, beagle, boatswain, boss, bound bailiff, captain, catchpole, chief, chief of police, commissioner, comptroller, conductor, constable, controller, deputy, deputy sheriff, detective, director, fed, federal, flic, floor manager, floorman, floorwalker, foreman, gaffer, ganger, gendarme, government man, governor, head, headman, in charge, inspector, lictor, lieutenant, mace-bearer, manager, marshal, monitor, mounted policeman, narc, noncommissioned officer, officer, overman, overseeing, overseer, patrolman, peace officer, police captain, police commissioner, police constable, police inspector, police matron, police officer, police sergeant, policeman, policewoman, portreeve, proctor, reeve, roundsman, sergeant, sergeant at arms, sheriff, sirdar, slave driver, straw boss, subforeman, super, supervising, supervisor, supervisory, surveyor, taskmaster, tipstaff, tipstaves, trooper, visitor |
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