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su⋅per⋅vi⋅sor

  [soo-per-vahy-zer]
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–noun
1. a person who supervises workers or the work done by others; superintendent.
2. Education. an official responsible for assisting teachers in the preparation of syllabuses, in devising teaching methods, etc., in a department of instruction, esp. in public schools.
3. (in some U.S. states) the chief elected administrative officer of a township, who is often also a member of the governing board of the county.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < ML supervīsor, equiv. to supervid-, s. of supervidēre to supervise + -tor -tor, with dt > s

Related forms:
su⋅per⋅vi⋅sor⋅ship, noun
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su·per·vi·sor   (sōō'pər-vī'zər)   
n.  
  1. One who supervises.
  2. One who is in charge of a particular department or unit, as in a governmental agency or school system.
  3. One who is an elected administrative officer in certain U.S. counties and townships.
su'per·vi'so·ry (-vī'zə-rē) adj.
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Supervisor

Su`per*vis"or\, n. 1. One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools.

2. A spectator; a looker-on. [Obs.] --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Supervisor
Spanish: supervisor,
German: der, *die Aufseher(in),
Japanese: 監督
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Main Entry: su·per·vi·sor
Function: noun
: one that directs or oversees a person, group, department, organization, or operation; specifically : the popularly elected chief administrative official of a township or other subdivision in some states of the U.S.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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