superintendent

n.

1. (Abbr. Supt.) A person who has the authority to supervise or direct.
2. A janitor or custodian in a building, especially in an apartment house.

superintendent su'per·in·ten'dent adj.

Person who has oversight and charge of a department in an organization; senior manager.

noun

Someone who directs and supervises workers: boss, director, foreman, foreperson, forewoman, head, manager, overseer, supervisor, taskmaster, taskmistress. Informal straw boss. Slang chief. See over/under.

At a construction site, the contractor’s representative who is responsible for continuous field supervision, coordination, and completion of the work and, unless another person is designated in writing by the contractor to the owner and the architect, for the prevention of accidents.

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IN BRIEF: n. - A caretaker for an apartment house.

The building superintendent needs to fix the heat.

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Common misspelling(s) of superintendent

• superintendant

Dansk (Danish)
n. - leder, opsynsmand, inspektør, tilsynshavende, forstander, overlæge

Nederlands (Dutch)
toezichthouder, conciërge, commissaris, opzichter

Français (French)
n. - responsable, commissaire de police, (US) concierge, (US) inspecteur (d'école)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Leiter, Polizeidirektor

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επόπτης, επιθεωρητής, προϊστάμενος, (ΗΠΑ) επιστάτης κτιρίου, (Βρετ.) αστυνομικός επιθεωρητής, αστυνόμος

Italiano (Italian)
sovrintendente, portinaio, bidello, commissario

Português (Portuguese)
n. - superintendente (m)

Русский (Russian)
управляющий, директор, контролер, надзиратель, суперинтендант (полиции), комендант жилого дома, управляющий домом

Español (Spanish)
n. - supervisor, vigilante, celador, conserje, portero, comisario, superintendente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - uppsyningsman, överintendent, intendent, direktör, inspektör, superintendent, vicevärd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
监督人, 监管者, 警长, 主管, 负责人, 警官

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 監督人, 監管者, 警長, 主管, 負責人, 警官

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 감독자, 관리자, 국장

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 監督者, 指揮者, 管理者, 長官
adj. - 監督する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مراقب , مشرف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מפקח, משגיח, ממונה, רב-פקד (במשטרה)‬

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