Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who has the authority to supervise or direct.
- noun A janitor or custodian in a building, especially in an apartment house.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Superintending.
- noun One who superintends, or has the oversight and charge of something with the power of direction: as, the superintendent of an almshouse; the superintendent of customs or finance; a superintendent of police.
- noun In certain Protestant churches, a clergyman exercising supervision over the church and clergy of a district, but not claiming episcopal authority; in the English Wesleyan Church, an officer who has charge of a circuit, and presides as chief pastor in all circuit courts.
- noun The commanding officer of various military or naval institutions, as the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.
- noun An officer who has charge of some specific service: as, the superintendent of the recruiting service.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Overseeing; superintending.
- noun One who has the oversight and charge of some place, institution, or organization, affairs, etc., with the power of direction.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who is
authorized tosupervise ,direct oradminister something. - noun A police rank used in Commonwealth countries, ranking above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent
- noun 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. Often abbreviated "super ". - noun A
janitor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
- noun a person who directs and manages an organization
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Examples
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The highest school officer is the _state superintendent of common schools_, or, as he is sometimes called, _superintendent of public instruction_.
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That leaves CPS virtually leaderless -- without a CEO (that's what we call the superintendent here in Chitown) and no chief education officer, since Huberman has still not replaced the system's top educator, Barbara Eason-Watkins.
Mike Klonsky: Huberman: "I'm Outta Here" Mike Klonsky 2010
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He said, per Jonathan's tweets, "Having somebody like Michelle Rhee no longer be superintendent is a step backwards" ...
DeMorning DeBonis: Oct. 14, 2010 Mike DeBonis 2010
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In November he called a superintendent and school board members greedy and arrogant, and last week he went after a mayor who complained about the state's response to the blizzard.
Christie, Year 2: 'Stay the Course' Lisa Fleisher 2011
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When we called the superintendent, Dr. Ralston, he was unavailable and we were told he would get back to us on Monday.
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I called the superintendent of that school district.
WA-08: Reichert Caught In Lie About Driver Who Flipped Bird To Bush 2009
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Carmel Clay – The superintendent is directed to establish administrative guidelines to ensure that students and staff are making appropriate and ethical use of computers, other equipment and networks.
Schools Punishing Kids for What They Say Online | Impact Lab 2006
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To say that we need to go out of our way to find an African-American superintendent is stupid and naive.
NAACP Calls for More School Involvement at cvillenews.com 2005
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"To say that we need to go out of our way to find an African-American superintendent is stupid and naive."
NAACP Calls for More School Involvement at cvillenews.com 2005
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But I called the superintendent of that district and told him to go and be present at the church that Sunday morning that they were going to have it.
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