overseer
/ˈəʊvəˌsiːə(ɹ)/ noun C1- The manager of a plantation of slaves.
- An officer responsible for the care of the poor, making out lists of voters and those who had not paid taxes, etc.
Plural overseers
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The overseer would not have objected, while he was about it, to have made some improvements in the garden, but the count had positively forbidden it to be touched.
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