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单词 surveillant
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surveillantn.

Brit. /səˈveɪənt/, /səˈveɪl(j)ənt/, U.S. /sərˈveɪl(j)ənt/, /sərˈveɪənt/
Etymology: < French surveillant, present participle (used substantively) of surveiller, < sur- above, over + veiller ( < Latin vigilāre) to watch.
One who exercises surveillance; a person who keeps watch over another or others; a superintendent, e.g. of a prison.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > superintendent
architector1461
earl1483
overlookera1513
superior1554
superintender1573
superintendent1603
surintendent1645
epistates1651
intendant1652
referee1705
supercargo1713
surveillant1819
super1849
supe1908
1819 B. E. O'Meara Expos. Trans. St. Helena 76 Lieutenant Jackson of the Staff corps, who had been previously employed as the surveillant of General Gourgand.
1837 T. De Quincey Revolt of Tartars in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 98/1 His mixed character of ambassador and of political surveillant..gave him a real weight in the Tartar councils.
1901 Daily Express 18 Mar. 7/1 I got through the day..yarning with the surveillants and the convicts.
1905 A. M. Williamson Castle of Shadows vii. 161 White-clad surveillants with revolvers on their hips.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

surveillantadj.

Etymology: < French surveillant (see surveillant n.).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: surˈveillant.
rare.
Exercising surveillance.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > [adjective] > exercising surveillance
overseeing1644
surveillant1841
monitorial1856
1841 Fraser's Mag. 24 29 At Whiggery's kibes sneaks the surveillant tail-er.
1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.)
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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