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overseer

noun
/ˈəʊvəˌsiːə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From oversee + -er.

  1. inherited from ofersēon — “to observe, oversee; to overlook, neglect”
  2. inherited from overseen
  3. formed as overseer — “oversee + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who oversees or supervises.

    • It is often deemed advisable to knock a man slave down, in order to tie him, but it is considered cowardly and inexcusable, in an overseer, thus to deal with a woman.

  2. A critic.

The neighborhood

Derived

overseeress, overseerism, overseership, suboverseer

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA