Superintendent
[suːp(ə)rɪn'tend(ə)nt;sjuː-] or [,supərɪn'tɛndənt]
Definition
(noun.) a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector.
Editor: Tracy--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Overseeing; superintending.
(n.) 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.
Editor: Maggie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Overseer, supervisor, master, conductor, inspector, curator, warden, guardian, custodian, intendant, BOSS.
Typed by Dewey
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Inspector, overseer, controller, director, manager, visitor, head, principal,supervisor
ANT:Subject, subordinate, servant, employee
Editor: Yvonne
Examples
- For a family in our situation, the Superintendent of the Frizinghall police was the most comforting officer you could wish to see. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The more pretentious and better furnished home of the superintendent of the estate, together with the storehouses, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- One night, after receiving a satisfactory report of progress from Mr. Mason, superintendent of the cement plant, he said: The only way to keep ahead of the procession is to experiment. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- That may turn out, Mr. Betteredge, to have been one more of Superintendent Seegrave's many mistakes. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In the second (as you shall presently judge), Mr. Seegrave was fast approaching the condition of a superintendent at his wits' end. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Ten minutes later, to our infinite relief; Superintendent Seegrave arrived at the house. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Mr. Kruesi was the superintendent, a Swiss trained in the best Swiss ideas of accuracy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In her own single person, she could have comprised the duties of a first minister and a superintendent of police. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- My experience of the women-servants, when Superintendent Seegrave laid his embargo on their rooms, came in handy here. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The superintendent would not even give me a pass to Nashville, so I had to pay my fare. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The cook looked as if she could grill Mr. Superintendent alive on a furnace, and the other women looked as if they could eat him when he was done. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- When Gabriel Betteredge sets the example, says I, stopping Superintendent Seegrave at the door, the rest of the servants will follow, I promise you. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- After leaving my first job at Stratford Junction, I got a position as operator on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern at Adrian, Michigan, in the division superintendent's office. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- To-day is Friday, said Sergeant Cuff, addressing himself to Superintendent Seegrave. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The Superintendent decided to begin by examining the boudoir, and, that done, to examine the servants next. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Many of these pioneer students and workmen became afterward large and successful contractors, or have filled positions of distinction as managers and superintendents of central stations. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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