overseer
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈoʊvərˌsiːər/
:
supervisor
- The winning bidder can be thought of as a project manager, consultant, and overseer hired by the government.
- plantation overseers
- civilian overseers
- overseers and managers
He's describing how he's treated by, in effect, a modern day overseer.
- He's describing how he's treated by, in effect, a modern day overseer.
- Maybe humanity is now at a stage where we don't need overseers.
- And they, you know, they do have a sort of top down hierarchy with overseers and things like that.
- And the police are, are overseers, essentially their job is to enforce this racialized system.
- So let's talk about the Board of overseers and your run for it.
- Then there's shepherd and then there is overseer or Bishop.
- So sometimes a cult right overseer supersedes someone else's rights.
- I think the great Adam Sachs, who's in the room at all times, our overlord, our overseer, he would say a terrible idea to change the branding at this point.
Examples
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Mr. Chapin is the overseer on this plantation.
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There had to be a White House overseer.
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And I loved being the overseer of all the people who were paid to take care of her.
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Are you the the overseer of these new national holidays?
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His father worked as an overseer on a cocoa plantation.
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Lazar, my associate, he is overseer of construction.
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She's settling accounts with the overseer, but she'll be along tonight.
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Shirley is considered the general overseer, while George and Susan take care of the strawberries.
Academic text (1994) -
"That'll do for now." "Enjoy your meal," the overseer said demurely, and backed away.
Fiction book (1990) -
His father worked as an overseer on a cocoa plantation.
Synonyms
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1.6
A person who controls money and work in a company
346
2.8
A person who watches workers and helps them do their jobs correctly
232
3.7
A person who manages and runs an organization like a business or government agency
187
3.1
A person who directs and watches workers on a building site or in a factory
166
6.0
A person who manages an organization or its department, often in police and schools
116
4.2
A person who directs and manages a team or activity
35
3.2
A person who manages an online group or website
3
9.3
A person who runs a government or cultural organization like a theatre
2
6.8
A manager who closely controls every small part of employees' work
1
6.4
A person who plans and coordinates people and resources to reach a goal
1
8.1
A person in charge of workers on a work site
1
4.7
A person who gives tasks to other people
1
5.3
A person who is in charge of a team or part of a company
A person in charge of workers in a mine or factory
A person who helps the foreman by supervising workers
A worker who leads other workers but has little power
A person who manages and directs workers
A person who organizes people and activities so they work well together
Antonyms
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overseer comes from the two simple parts over ('above') and see ('to look'), so it originally meant someone who 'looks from above'. That's why an overseer is a person who watches and manages the work of others.