Usually means: Oversees operations, manages staff, facilities.
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  1. superintendent: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. superintendent: Merriam-Webster
  3. superintendent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. superintendent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. superintendent: Collins English Dictionary
  6. superintendent: Vocabulary.com
  7. Superintendent, superintendent: Wordnik
  8. superintendent: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. superintendent: Wiktionary
  10. superintendent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. superintendent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. superintendent: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. superintendent: Dictionary.com
  14. superintendent: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. superintendent: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Superintendent (New Zealand), Superintendent (United States Air Force), Superintendent (construction), Superintendent (disambiguation), Superintendent (ecclesiastical), Superintendent (education), Superintendent (jail), Superintendent (police), Superintendent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Superintendent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. superintendent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. superintendent: Rhymezone
  20. Superintendent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. superintendent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. superintendent: FreeDictionary.org
  23. superintendent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. superintendent: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. superintendent: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  4. superintendent: Legal dictionary
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

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  1. superintendent: Encyclopedia

(Note: See superintendents as well.)

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noun:  A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.
noun:  (Commonwealth) A police rank used in Commonwealth countries, ranking above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent.
noun:  The manager of a building, usually a communal residence, who is responsible for keeping the facilities functional and often collecting rent or similar payments, either as also the building's landlord or on behalf of same. Often abbreviated "super".
noun:  The head of a Sunday school.
noun:  In some Protestant churches, a clergyman having the oversight of the clergy of a district.
noun:  (chiefly US) A janitor.
adjective:  Overseeing; superintending.

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