Overseer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who keeps watch over and directs the work of others, especially laborers.
  • n. A supervisor or superintendent.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who oversees or supervises. A supervisor.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; ; specifically, one or certain public officers
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who overlooks; a superintendent; a supervisor; one who has the care or superintendence of any matter.
  • n. Specifically, one who oversees or superintends workmen, especially slaves; one who has charge, under the owner or manager, of the work on a plantation, or, in Australia, on a station.
  • n. A reviser; a critic.
  • n. An executor or an adviser to an executor, formerly sometimes named in wills.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person who directs and manages an organization
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    supervisor   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    superintendent    supervisor    overlooker    bossy    surveyor    superintender    foreman    forewoman    driver    intendant   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Melchior    dier    freer    heer    meer    sightseer    skier    thier   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    superintendent    laborers    steward    foreman    constable    chaplain    inspector    clerk    supervisor    commissioner