superintendent (redirected from superintendents)

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.

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super·in·tendent adj.

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	superintendent - a person who directs and manages an organization overseer 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 super caretaker - a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)

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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

n → Aufsicht 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 [ˌsuːp/ərɪnˈtɛndənt] n → soprintendente m/f, direttore/trice (Police) → commissario (capo) di Pubblica Sicurezza