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intendant definition

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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