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单词 supravisor
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supravisorn.

Brit. /ˈsuːprəvʌɪzə/, U.S. /ˈsuprəˌvaɪzər/
Forms: 1500s supravisour, 1500s supprovisor, 1500s–1600s suprauisor, 1600s– supravisor.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin supravisor.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin supravisor supervisor, surveyor (15th cent. in a British source) < supravis- , past participial stem of supravidere (see supravise v.) + classical Latin -or -or suffix. Compare earlier supervisor n.
= supervisor n. (in various senses); spec. a colonial official in British India appointed to oversee the administration of a province (now historical).
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society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > superintendent > supervisor or overseer
overseera1382
warden1398
surveyorc1440
supervisorc1454
seer1498
supravisor1573
superviser1616
curator1632
curate1648
overvisor1653
surviewer1783
major-domo1835
boss boy1906
monitor1922
incharge1956
1573 G. Gascoigne tr. Ariosto Supposes v. ii, in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 57 I make thee supra visour of this supper.
1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. A2v What false Orthographie escapeth in the print, impute to the hast of the suprauisor of the proofes.
1653 Bp. J. Taylor Ενιαυτος: Course of Serm. i. xxiii. 297 They made Aræus titular [admiral] and Lysander supravisor of him.
1694 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 320 The Supravisrs of the Highway.
1746 Vindic. Mr. J. Braddyll against Mr. H. Lowther 15 The cruel proceedings of the Supravisor.
1765 H. Verelst Let. 13 Sept. App. 219 in View Eng. Govt. Bengal (1772) Should your lordship..think it necessary..I beg leave to offer to your consideration the fixing the necessary appointments..to the supra-visor and the assistant.
1800 Gentleman's Mag. June 591/2 One of the commissioners for executing the office of supravisor and chief judge in the province of Malabar.
1856 Bombay Q. Rev. Oct. 209 The Supravisor, finding that little or nothing could be elicited from members of Council, turned to the Natives.
1922 A. B. Keith Speeches & Documents on Indian Policy Pref. p. xi The Directors..sought to check exactions by the appointment in 1769 of supravisors, but the remedy was inadequate.
2004 M. Frenz in H. Fischer-Tiné & M. Mann Colonialism as Civilizing Mission ii. 55 Military decisions could be made only by the supravisor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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