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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUPERINTEND'ENT, n. One who has the oversight and charge of something, with the power of direction; as the superintendent of an alms-house or work-house; the superintendent of public works; the superintendent of customs or finance.
1. An ecclesiastical superior in some reformed churches.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

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 Reference Dictionary

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. Etymology: eccl.L superintendent- part. stem of superintendere: see SUPERINTEND

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Superintendent Su`per*in*tend"ent, a. [L. superintendens, p. pr. See Superintend.] Overseeing; superintending.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(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

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Overseer, supervisor, master, conductor, inspector, curator, warden, guardian, custodian, intendant, director.

Moby Thesaurus

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