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in·tend·ant (in ten′dənt)
noun
a director, manager of a public business, superintendent, etc.: term applied to certain foreign officials, as to the supervisors of any of certain districts in Spanish America
Etymology: Fr intendant or Sp intendente, both < L intendens, prp. of intendere: see intend
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