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(ō'vər-mən) pronunciation
n.
  1. A person having authority over others, especially an overseer or a shift supervisor.
  2. (ō'vər-măn') See superman (sense 2).
tr.v., -manned, -man·ning, -mans. (ō'vər-măn')
To provide with more personnel than necessary.

[N., sense 2, translation of German Übermensch : über, over, higher + Mensch, man.]


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - overbemande
n. - arbejdsformand

Nederlands (Dutch)
met te veel personeel bezetten, ploegbaas, opzichter

Français (French)
v. tr. - surcharger les effectifs
n. - surveillant, surhomme (de Nietzsche)

Deutsch (German)
v. - überbesetzen
n. - Obersteiger

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - στελεχώνω (επιχείρηση, πλοίο κ.λπ.) με υπερβολικό αριθμό ατόμων
n. - εποπτεύων, προϊστάμενος, εργοδηγός

Italiano (Italian)
sovrintendere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - tripular (navio) com excesso de pessoas
n. - superintendente (m), capataz (m), árbitro (m)

Русский (Russian)
раздувать штаты, бригадир

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - emplear a más personas de lo necesario
n. - jefe, capataz, inspector

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - överbemanna
n. - övermänniska, förman, skiljedomare

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
人员配置过多, 工头, 仲裁者, 师傅

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 人員配置過多
n. - 工頭, 仲裁者, 師傅

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 일터에 필요이상의 인원을 배치하다
n. - 갱내감독, 직공장, 조정자, 초인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 頭, 職長, 調停者, 超人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يزود بعمال (الاسم) الرجل الأعلى سلطه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮אייש איוש יתר‬
n. - ‮משגיח במכרה פחם, אדם-העל האידיאלי של העתיד (פילוסופיה)‬


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