superintendent
noun/ˌsuːpərɪnˈtendənt/
/ˌsuːpərɪnˈtendənt/
- 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.
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- (abbreviation Supt)(in the UK) a police officer just above the rank of chief inspector
- Superintendent Livesey
- (abbreviation Supt.)(in the US) the head of a police department
- (North American English) a person whose job is to be in charge of a building and make small repairs, etc. to it
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin superintendent- ‘overseeing’, from the verb superintendere, translating Greek episkopein.
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