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superintendent

[ soo-per-in-ten-duhnt, soo-prin- ]

noun

  1. a person who oversees or directs some work, enterprise, establishment, organization, district, etc.; supervisor.
  2. a person who is in charge of maintenance and repairs of an apartment house; custodian.
  3. a high-ranking police officer, especially a chief of police or an officer ranking next above an inspector.


adjective

superintendent

/ 藢su藧p蓹r瑟n藞t蓻nd蓹nt; 藢su藧pr瑟n- /

noun

  1. a person who directs and manages an organization, office, etc
  2. (in Britain) a senior police officer higher in rank than an inspector but lower than a chief superintendent
  3. (in the US) the head of a police department
  4. a caretaker, esp of a block of apartments
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to supervision; superintending
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of superintendent1

1545鈥55; < Medieval Latin superintendent- (stem of 蝉耻辫别谤颈苍迟别苍诲脓苍蝉 ), present participle of superintendere to superintend; -ent
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of superintendent1

C16: from Church Latin superintendens overseeing
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And it comes two weeks after the California Department of Education defended the legality of DEI efforts in a letter to school district superintendents.

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Christensen, who unsuccessfully ran for superintendent of public instruction in 2022, said he vaccinated his five children and believes in the importance of some childhood immunizations.

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The review said the case should have been flagged at 16, 32 and 48 weeks respectively to a detective inspector, a detective chief inspector, and a detective superintendent.

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鈥淭he world has experienced fascism in the past and we are headed down that road in the USA,鈥 said the retired school superintendent.

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Tom Simons, a former chief superintendent, was dismissed by Essex Police after a disciplinary hearing found he abused his position for a sexual purpose with a colleague.

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