overseer

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who oversees or supervises.; The manager of a plantation of slaves. historical
    — It is often deemed advisable to knock a man slave down, in order to tie him, but it is considered cowardly and inexcusable, in an overseer, thus to deal with a woman.
  2. One who oversees or supervises.; An officer responsible for the care of the poor, making out lists of voters and those who had not paid taxes, etc. historical
  3. A critic. obsolete
  4. A bishop. obsolete

词形变化

overseers plural

词汇关系

近义词
administrator chief comptroller controller curator foreman head head man organizer superintendent supervisor
衍生词
overseeress overseerism overseership suboverseer

词源

Etymology tree
English oversee
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English overseer
From oversee + -er.
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