overseer
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vərˌsi noun
a person who oversees; supervisor; manager: the overseer of a plantation.
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| —n | |
| 1. | Also called (less commonly): overlooker a person who oversees others, esp workmen |
| 2. | (Brit) history short for overseer of the poor; a minor official of a parish attached to the workhouse or poorhouse |
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Example sentences
Modifications to the overseer's house include the tin roof and the interior, which is much reworked.
Automakers' bailout hinges on the details, including an overseer.
Two different countries with no overseer causing an imbalance.
The overseer got away and has never been seen there since.
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