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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

su=per=in=tend=ent

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun superintendent has 2 senses

superintendent(n = noun.person) overseer - a person who directs and manages an organization;

has particulars: ramrod, school superintendent

is a kind of supervisor

Derived form verb superintend₁

superintendent(n = noun.person) super - a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector;

is a kind of caretaker

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CIDE DICTIONARY

superintendent, a. [L. superintendens, p. pr. See Superintend.].

Overseeing; superintending. [1913 Webster]

superintendent, 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. [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Inspector; overseer; manager; director; curator; supervisor.

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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

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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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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.