superintendent

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

super·in·tend·ent [superintendent superintendents] BrE [ˌsuːpərɪnˈtendənt] BrE [ˌsjuːpərɪnˈtendənt] NAmE [ˌsuːpərɪnˈtendənt] noun
1. a person who has a lot of authority and manages and controls an activity, a place, a group of workers, etc
•a park superintendent
•the superintendent of schools in Dallas
2. (abbr.Supt)(in Britain) a police officer just above the rank of ↑chief inspector
•Superintendent Livesey
3. (abbr.Supt.)(in the US) the head of a police department
4. (NAmE)a person whose job is to be in charge of a building and make small repairs, etc. to it

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin superintendent- ‘overseeing’, from the verb superintendere, translating Greek episkopein.

Example Bank:
•In 1945 he became superintendent of schools in Dallas.
•She was medical superintendent at the Institution for 28 years.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  super, overseer