Superintendent Noun Charge Police Latin Late Superintendere Superintendens

su·per·in·ten·dent
\\-dənt\\ noun: one who has executive oversight and charge
• superintendent adjective

superintendent
  1554, originally an ecclesiastical word meaning "bishop" or "minister who supervises churches within a district" (a loan-translation of Gk. episkopos "overseer"), from M.L. superintendentem (nom. superintendens), from prp. of L.L. superintendere "oversee," from L. super "above" (see super-) + intendere "turn one's attention, direct" (see intend). Famously used by 16c. radical Protestants in place of bishop, which was to them tainted by Papacy.
  "[Martinists] studie to pull downe Bishopps, and set vp Superintendents, which is nothing else, but to raze out good Greeke, & enterline bad Latine." [Lyly, "Pappe with an Hatchet," 1589]   The general sense of "a person who has charge of some business" is first recorded 1588. Meaning "janitor, custodian" is from c.1935. Shortened form super first attested 1857, especially at first of overseers of sheep ranches in Australia.

superintendent
super·in·tend·ent / 7su:pErin5tendEnt; BrE also 7sju:- / noun1. a person who has a lot of authority and manages and controls an activity, a place, a group of workers, etc.
   主管人；负责人；监管人；监督人:
   a park superintendent
   公园负责人
   the superintendent of schools in Dallas
   达拉斯教育局长
2. (abbr. Supt) (in Britain) a police officer just above the rank of

chief inspector

   (英国)中级警官,警司(官阶仅高于巡长):
   Superintendent Livesey
   利夫西警官
3. (abbr. Supt.) (in the US) the head of a police department
   (美国)警察局长,警长
4. (NAmE) a person whose job is to be in charge of a building and make small repairs, etc. to it
   (大楼的)管理人

superintendent noun

su·per·in·tend·ent
I. \ˌsüp(ə)rə̇n.ˈtendənt, -pərn.-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Medieval Latin superintendent-, superintendens overseer, from Late Latin, present participle of superintendere to superintend
1.
 a. obsolete :
 b. : a Protestant Christian minister charged with the general supervision of churches within a certain territory or district
  < a Methodist superintendent >
2. : one who has the oversight and charge of a place, institution, department, organization, or operation with the power of direction
 < superintendent of schools >
 < superintendent of public works >
 < superintendent of a railroad division >
as
 a. : the executive head of a police department : a chief of police
 b. :
II. \| ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective
Etymology: Late Latin superintendent-, superintendens
: overseeing, superintending

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