superintendent
super|in|ten|dent /s'uːpərɪnt'endənt/ (superintendents)
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In Britain, a superintendent is a senior police officer of the rank above an inspector. In the United States, a superintendent is the head of a police department.
He was stopped at the airport by an assistant superintendent of police.
...Detective Superintendent Kirby.
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A superintendent is a person who is responsible for a particular thing or the work done in a particular department.
He became superintendent of the bank's East African branches...
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A superintendent is a person whose job is to look after a large building such as a school or a block of flats and deal with small repairs to it. (AM; in BRIT, use caretaker)
1 [N-COUNT; N-TITLE]
In Britain, a superintendent is a senior police officer of the rank above an inspector. In the United States, a superintendent is the head of a police department.
He was stopped at the airport by an assistant superintendent of police.
...Detective Superintendent Kirby.
2 [N-COUNT] N of n
A superintendent is a person who is responsible for a particular thing or the work done in a particular department.
He became superintendent of the bank's East African branches...
3 [N-COUNT]
A superintendent is a person whose job is to look after a large building such as a school or a block of flats and deal with small repairs to it. (AM; in BRIT, use caretaker)