overseer

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈəʊvəˌsiːə(ɹ)/

Noun

overseer (plural overseers)

1. One who oversees or supervises.
   1. (historical) The manager of a plantation of slaves.
      • 1855, Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom Chapter 3

        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. (historical) An officer responsible for the care of the poor, making out lists of voters and those who had not paid taxes, etc.
2. (obsolete) A critic.

Synonyms

• administrator
• foreman
• chief, head, head man
• controller, comptroller
• organizer
• superintendent
• supervisor
• curator

Translations

• French: contremaître, chef
• German: Aufseher, Aufseherin
• Italian: ispettore, capoccia, supervisore, organizzatore, curatore
• Portuguese: feitor
• Russian: надзира́тель
• Spanish: capataz

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