Supervisor

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  • noun. One who supervises.
  • noun. One who is in charge of a particular department or unit, as in a governmental agency or school system.
  • noun. One who is an elected administrative officer in certain US counties and townships.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent: as, the supervisor of a coal-mine; a supervisor of the customs or of the excise.
  • noun. A spectator; a looker-on.
  • noun. One who reads over, as for correction.
  • noun. In some of the United States, an elected officer of a township or town having principal charge of its administrative business.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent.
  • noun. A spectator; a looker-on.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a program that controls the execution of other programs
  • noun. one who supervises or has charge and direction of
  • Word Usage
    "Many of us have struggled to understand that our supervisor is actually quite the pessimist, and his wary attitude has more to do with his outlook than our skills as researchers."
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