superintendent
/ˌsjuːpəɹɪnˈtɛndənt/ noun B2- A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.
- A police officer rank, positioned above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent.
- 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.
- The head of a Sunday school.
- In some Protestant churches, a clergyman having the oversight of the clergy of a district.
- A janitor.
- An administrator of a school district, a local government body overseeing public schools.
Plural superintendents
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Superintendent Bell and Mrs.
Why, even Superintendent Bell came to see me, and he’s really a very fine man.
It does seem so strange to think of Superintendent Bell ever being a boy.
They had studied Tennyson’s poem in school the preceding winter, the Superintendent of Education having prescribed it in the English course for the Prince Edward Island schools.
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