superintendent
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Definition of superintendent
7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.
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noun
- A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.
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(Commonwealth)A police officer rank, positioned above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent.
““No, don't,” replied the superintendent; “in fact, I'd rather you made yourself conspicuous elsewhere. Go down to the landing stage and cross to New Brighton or Wallasey—doesn't matter which—and come back. No doubt you will be seen, and reported to have gone across.””
- The manager of a building, usually a communal residence, who is responsible for keeping the facilities functional and often collecting rent or similar payments, either as also the building's landlord or on behalf of same.
- The head of a Sunday school.
- In some Protestant churches, a clergyman having the oversight of the clergy of a district.
- (US)A janitor.
adj
- (not-comparable)Overseeing; superintending.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin superintendens, a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos); thence being distantly related to English bishop.
Words you can make from superintendent
200+ playable · top: SUPERINTEND (14 pts)
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8-letter words
114 words- DEPUTIES 11 pts
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7-letter words
29 words- DEEPENS 10 pts
- DEEPEST 10 pts
- DEPUTES 10 pts
- DESPITE 10 pts
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- DISPUTE 10 pts
- DISRUPT 10 pts
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- ENDITES 8 pts
- EENSIER 7 pts
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