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Superintendent

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Adjective, Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Superintendent has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Superintendenta. [L. superintendens, p. pr. See Superintend.].
     Overseeing; superintending.  [1913 Webster]
Superintendentn. [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.  [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Inspector; overseer; manager; director; curator; supervisor.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Superintendent, 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

THESAURUS

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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Superintendent

Director

N director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller, superintendent, supervisor, straw boss, intendant, overseer, overlooker, supercargo, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile, moderator, monitor, taskmaster, master, leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman, precentor, bellwether, agitator, caporal, choregus, collector, file leader, flugelman, linkboy, guiding star, adviser, guide, pilot, helmsman, steersman, steermate, wire-puller, driver, whip, Jehu, charioteer, coachman, carman, cabman, postilion, vetturino, muleteer, arriero, teamster, whipper in, head, head man, head center, boss, principal, president, speaker, chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, captain, superior, mayor, vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch, officer, functionary, minister, official, red-tapist, bureaucrat, man in office, Jack in office, office bearer, person in authority, statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician, statist, statemonger, Minos, Draco, arbiter, boss, political dictator, board, secretary, secretary of state, Reis Effendi, vicar, steward, factor, agent, bailiff, middleman, foreman, clerk of works, landreeve, factotum, major-domo, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier, proctor, procurator, ex officio.

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