All 10 Uses of
superintendent
in
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
- Just beyond the gatehouse was the office; near it stood the work superintendent, beckoning the squad leaders to turn in there, not that they didn't bead that way anyway.†
- The senior work superintendent, it was said, had long been threatening to save time by giving the squads their work assignments the evening before,
*superintendent = a person who directs and manages an organization
- The only people who kept an eye on them were the superintendent, who was a civilian, that bastard Der, and the lanky Shkuropatenko, a mere goose egg, a trusty who'd been given the temporary job of guarding the pref abs from any stealing by the prisoners.†
- The door into the second one, occupied by the superintendent, was not quite closed, and through it the superintendenfs voice was thundering: "There's an overdraft on the expenses for labor and building materials.†
- The carriers came up and told him: a mechanic had come to repair the motor of the lift, and the superintendent of electrical repairs, a civilian, was with him.†
- The mechanic was tinkering with the motor; the superintendent watched.†
- But what shall I tell the superintendent, Tiurin?†
- Giving himself airs, trying to be smart The men coming up with the mortar said the mechanic and superintendent had leftg The motor was past repair.†
- If either the superintendent or one of the foremen was standing there, he'd order the prisoners to throw down their firewood (millions of rubles had gone up in smoke, yet there they were thinking they'd make up the losses with kindling).†
- None of the foremen was in sight, nor the superintendent, so the prisoners kept their firewood.†
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