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n. A person who has the authority to supervise or direct.

n. A janitor or custodian in a building, especially in an apartment house.

n. A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.

n. A police rank used in Commonwealth countries, ranking above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent

n. 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. Often abbreviated "super".

n. A janitor.

adj. Overseeing; superintending.

n. One who has the oversight and charge of some place, institution, or organization, affairs, etc., with the power of direction.

Superintending.

n. One who superintends, or has the oversight and charge of something with the power of direction: as, the superintendent of an almshouse; the superintendent of customs or finance; a superintendent of police.

n. In certain Protestant churches, a clergyman exercising supervision over the church and clergy of a district, but not claiming episcopal authority; in the English Wesleyan Church, an officer who has charge of a circuit, and presides as chief pastor in all circuit courts.

n. The commanding officer of various military or naval institutions, as the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.

n. An officer who has charge of some specific service: as, the superintendent of the recruiting service.

n. a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector

n. a person who directs and manages an organization

"He said, per Jonathan's tweets, "Having somebody like Michelle Rhee no longer be superintendent is a step backwards" ..."

caretaker   

superintend    superintendency   

detective superintendent    DCS    chief superintendent    detective chief superintendent    DSupt   

overseeing    superintending    curator    manager    inspector    supervisor    director    overseer    highest    comptroller   

ascendant    attendant    defendant    dependent    descendant    descendent    independent    interdependent    pendant    resplendent   

inspector    administrator    commissioner    supervisor    director    chaplain    secretary    trustee    magistrate    constable