superintendern.
/ˌsuːp(ə)rᵻnˈtɛndə/, /ˌs(j)uːp(ə)rᵻnˈtɛndə/, U.S. /ˈˌsupərᵻnˈtɛndər/ Now rare.
= superintendent n. (in various senses).
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society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > superintendent
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superintender1573
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referee1705
supercargo1713
surveillant1819
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1573–4 in Trans. E. Lothian Antiquarian & Field Naturalists' Soc. (1958) 7 77 Item for berin of ane wryttin to Cauder to superintender.
1675 R. Ferguson Interest of Reason in Relig. i. 52 A Supreme, Wise, Superintender of all things.
1776 J. Burrow Rep. Court King's Bench 4 2291 A Superintender of Salt-works.
1834 W. Whewell Astron. & Gen. Physics (ed. 4) 252 Our relation to the Superintender of our moral being..is a relation of incalculable consequence.
1893 Sc. Leader 20 Feb. 5 The Town and County Councils, who are to appoint the registration superintenders.
1917 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 351/2 Cap'n Jim was battin' his eyes... ‘Gosh, colonel!’ he says, ‘a superintender—me!’.
1998 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 6 Jan. e2 (caption) Building superintender Midge Carter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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