Both Uses of
superintendent
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- By this time the cloth had been laid under the joint superintendence of all the ladies, upon two tables put together, one being high and narrow, and the other low and broad.†
Chpt 30 *
- There was one grey-haired, quiet, harmless gentleman, who, winter and summer, lived in a little cottage hard by Nicholas's house, and, when he was not there, assumed the superintendence of affairs.†
Chpt 65
Definition:
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(superintendent) a person who directs and manages an organization -- such as a school district
or:
a caretaker of a building -- such as an apartment building