overseer









overseer


noun

  1. a person who oversees; supervisor; manager: the overseer of a plantation.

noun

  1. Also called (less commonly): overlooker a person who oversees others, esp workmen
  2. British history short for overseer of the poor; a minor official of a parish attached to the workhouse or poorhouse

n.late 14c., agent noun from oversee (v.).

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