superintendent
English
/ˌsjuːpəɹɪnˈtɛndənt/
noun
Definitions
- A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.
- (Commonwealth) A police rank used in Commonwealth countries, ranking above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent.
- 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".
- The head of a Sunday school.
- In some Protestant churches, a clergyman having the oversight of the clergy of a district.
- (chiefly) A janitor.
Etymology
Derived from superintendens derived from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (overseer, supervisor, watching over, watchman, observer).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἐπίσκοπος
Gloss
overseer, supervisor, watching over, watchman, observer
Kanji
督
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antibishop English
- archbishop English
- bishop English
- bishopdom English
- bishopess English
- bishophood English
- bishopless English
- bishoplike English
- bishoply English
- bishopric English
- cobishop English
- even-bishop English
- highbishop English
- prince bishop English
- superintendentess English
- superintendentship English
- unbishop English
- (e)biscopus, biscopus Latin
- episcopos Latin
- episcopus Latin
- episcopālis Latin
- епи́скоп Russian
- епископ Russian
- σκοπός Ancient Greek
- ἐπίσκοπος Ancient Greek
- *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- biskop Norwegian Bokmål
- ビショップ Japanese
- bischop Middle English
- biskup Old Norse
- أُسْقُف Arabic
- episkop Serbo-Croatian
- епископ Serbo-Croatian
- arhiepiscop Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- บิชอป Thai
- επίσκοπος Greek (modern)
- եպիսկոպոս Old Armenian
- епископ Bulgarian
- ეპისკოპოსი Georgian
- епископ Macedonian
- 비숍 Korean
- епіскап Belarusian
- vyskupas Lithuanian
- ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ Coptic
- *uskōpā Middle Persian
- bisop Tok Pisin
- אפיסקופא Aramaic
- superintendens la-ecc