/sooh'peuhr in ten"deuhnt, sooh'prin-/ , n.
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, esp. a chief of police or an officer ranking next above an inspector.
adj.
4. superintending.
[ 1545-55; superintendent- (s. of superintendens ), prp. of superintendere to SUPERINTEND; see -ENT ]