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Definition of superintendent noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

superintendent

noun
 
/ˌsuːpərɪnˈtendənt/
 
/ˌsuːpərɪnˈtendənt/
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  1. a person who has a lot of authority and manages and controls an activity, a place, a group of workers, etc.
    • a park superintendent
    • the superintendent of schools in Dallas
    • She was medical superintendent at the Institution for 28 years.
  2. (abbreviation Supt)
     (in the UK) a police officer just above the rank of chief inspector
    • Superintendent Livesey
    Topics Jobsc2, Law and justicec2
  3. (abbreviation Supt.)
     (in the US) the head of a police department
  4. (North American English) a person whose job is to be in charge of a building and make small repairs, etc. to it
    5. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin superintendent- ‘overseeing’, from the verb superintendere, translating Greek episkopein.
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