SUPERINTENDENT


Meaning of SUPERINTENDENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ su:pərɪntendənt ]

( superintendents)

1.

In Britain, a superintendent is a senior police officer of the rank above an inspector. In the United States, a superintendent is the head of a police department.

He was stopped at the airport by an assistant superintendent of police.

...Detective Superintendent Kirby.

N-COUNT ; N-TITLE

2.

A superintendent is a person who is responsible for a particular thing or the work done in a particular department.

He became superintendent of the bank’s East African branches...

N-COUNT : N of n

3.

A superintendent is a person whose job is to look after a large building such as a school or a block of flats and deal with small repairs to it. ( AM; in BRIT, use caretaker )

N-COUNT

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