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superintendent Definition

su·per·in·tend·ent (-in ten′dənt)

noun

  1. a person in charge of a department, institution, etc.; director; supervisor
  2. a person responsible for the maintenance of a building; custodian

Etymology: < LL(Ec) superintendens, prp. of superintendere, to superintend

adjective

that superintends

superintendent Synonyms

superintendent

n.

overseer, supervisor, inspector, director, landlord, custodian; see also administrator.

superintendent Usage Examples

Preposition: of

Police: Richard was a Superintendent of Police in Bengal Staff Corp in 1871.

Converse of object

appoint: May 1804 Grand Junction Canal He was appointed superintendent of tunnel workmen under James Barnes.

Adjective modifier

  • chief: He was promoted to chief superintendent in 1997 taking over command of Brompton division for eighteen months.
  • deputy: Journalists have filed a complaint against the deputy superintendent.
  • locomotive: Daniel Gooch was the company's Locomotive Superintendent at Swindon.
  • medical: Even working as a medical superintendent in Adelaide had not been enough to satisfy him.
  • assistant: The assistant superintendent said the driver didn't notice anything out of the ordinary before the lift overturned.
  • former: Former police superintendent Ralph Miller has found sheets were partly removed from the corpses at some point.

Modifies a noun

  • registrar: A superintendent registrar may also need to attend the ceremony.
  • registrar(s: The couple will also have to give a notice of marriage to the superintendent registrar(s ) of the district(s ) in which they live.
  • radiographer: Please speak to a member of staff caring for you or write to the superintendent radiographer.
  • pharmacist: Superintendent pharmacist, Torrington Park Health Center, North Finchley.
  • physiotherapist: Clare Leonard, superintendent physiotherapist at Victoria Hospital, Swindon, says: ' Patients with dementia have a collection of symptoms.
  • rank: He joined Sussex Police in 1981 achieving Superintendent rank by 1992.

Noun used with modifier

  • detective: He expressed his concerns to inquiry leader detective superintendent Richard Holland, who was in charge of the Ripper inquiry.
  • locomotive: Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Northern Railroad from 1896 to 1911.
  • pharmacy: Ian Cowan, pharmacy superintendent for Rowlands Pharmacy said: " Rowlands Pharmacy is very pleased to be joining the CCA.
  • police: Former police superintendent Ralph Miller has found sheets were partly removed from the corpses at some point.
  • golf: Golf course superintendents often rely on cultural methods for take-all patch management.
  • lady: Two years later she was appointed resident lady superintendent of a hospital for invalid women in Harley Street, London.