overseer
English
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editoverseer (plural overseers)
- One who oversees or supervises.
- (historical) The manager of a plantation of slaves.
- 1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 3, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York, Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC:
- It is often deemed advisable to knock a man slave down, in order to tie him, but it is considered cowardly and inexcusable, in an overseer, thus to deal with a woman.
- (historical) An officer responsible for the care of the poor, making out lists of voters and those who had not paid taxes, etc.
- (historical) The manager of a plantation of slaves.
- (obsolete) A critic.
Synonyms
edit- administrator
- foreman
- chief, head, head man
- controller, comptroller
- organizer
- superintendent
- supervisor
- curator
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editone who oversees
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