intendant
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9.3
- noun
- /ɪnˈtɛndənt/
- Formal
:
intendente
- In some provinces such as Puebla and Veracruz, military officers had been appointed to the post of governor-intendant ever since the implementation of the reformed Bourbon administrative system in the 1780s.
- intendants and subdelegates
- provincial intendants
- district intendants
Examples
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In provinces with separate army commanders and provincial intendants, conflicts often produced acrimonious debates and clashes of jurisdiction.
Academic text (1990) -
The central viceregal administration, provincial intendants, district subdelegates, and urban governments lost power to the army.
Academic text (1990) -
Commerson, whose abilities even the Intendant had recognized while deploring his character, had found rare and beautiful plants, which were named for shipmates.
Fiction book (1991) -
However, as Bakewell argues, in the Americas, the presence of the intendant challenged the monopolistic powers of the Spanish governor.
Academic text (2013) -
Through their liberal economic outlook, intendants in Cuba forged alliances.
Academic text (2013) -
Although the military usually won, some intendants caused hardships and desertions by withholding army pay and provisions.
Academic text (1990) -
The Intendant of the Île-de-France afforded Commerson every facility to continue his scientific work.
Fiction book (1991) -
The presence of the Spanish, sometimes Cuban, intendant gave Creoles a powerful advocate for Cuban interests and an official who could contest the captain general's authority over matters of the island's modernization.
Academic text (2013) -
The governor's obstruction of the railroad must have been an affront to the intendant and Creole advocates, a position that would have only deepened local resentment toward his administration.
Academic text (2013) -
The intendant of the opera house ensured that every performance was flawlessly executed.
Synonyms
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4.8
A person who watches and directs workers at places like a factory or construction site
8
4.4
A person who has an official job with power and responsibility in a government or organization
3
6.1
A person who leads a meeting and makes sure it runs correctly
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Intendant comes from the parts in- ('towards') and tendere ('to stretch' or 'to direct'), and it shares the same root as the English words intend and tend. So an intendant is someone who 'directs' or 'looks after' a place or organization, which is why the word means a manager or overseer.