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superintendent

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su·per·in·ten·dent  (spr-n-tndnt, sprn-)
n.
1. Abbr. Supt. A person who has the authority to supervise or direct.
2. A janitor or custodian in a building, especially in an apartment house.

super·in·tendent adj.

superintendent [ˌsuːpərɪnˈtɛndənt ˌsuːprɪn-]
n
1. (Business / Professions) a person who directs and manages an organization, office, etc.
2. (Law) (in Britain) a senior police officer higher in rank than an inspector but lower than a chief superintendent
3. (Law) (in the US) the head of a police department
4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) Chiefly US and Canadian a caretaker, esp of a block of apartments
adj
of or relating to supervision; superintending
[from Church Latin superintendens overseeing]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.superintendentsuperintendent - a person who directs and manages an organization
ramrod - a harshly demanding overseer
school superintendent - the superintendent of a school system
supervisor - one who supervises or has charge and direction of
2.superintendent - a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
caretaker - a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)

superintendent
noun
1. supervisor, director, manager, chief, governor, inspector, administrator, conductor, controller, overseer He became superintendent of the bank's East African branches.
2. (U.S.) warden, caretaker, curator, keeper, porter, custodian, watchman, janitor, concierge He lost his job as a building superintendent.
Translations
superintendent [ˌsuːpərɪnˈtendənt] N [of institution, orphanage] → director(a) m/f; (in swimming pool) → vigilante mf (US) (= porter) → conserje mf
police superintendent (Brit) → subjefe mf de policía (US) → superintendente mf
superintendent [ˌsuːpərɪnˈtɛndənt] n
(= director) [institution, department] → directeur/trice m/f
(British) (POLICE)commissaire mf
(US) (= caretaker) [school, apartment building] → concierge mf
superintendent
nAufsicht f; (US: in building) → Hausmeister(in) m(f); (in swimming pool) → Bademeister(in) m(f); (of hostel, Sunday school etc)Leiter(in) m(f); (of police, Brit) → ˜ Kommissar(in) m(f); (US) → ˜ Polizeipräsident(in) m(f)
superintendent [ˌsuːprɪnˈtɛndənt] nsoprintendente m/f, direttore/trice (Police) → commissario (capo) di Pubblica Sicurezza
superintendent [ˌsuːprɪnˈtɛndənt] nsoprintendente m/f, direttore/trice (Police) → commissario (capo) di Pubblica Sicurezza


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