Both Uses of
superintendent
in
The Railway Children
- He shook hands with them and then everybody sat down on chairs, and a gentleman in spectacles – they found afterwards that he was the District Superintendent – began quite a long speech – very clever indeed.
p. 130.2 *superintendent = a person who directs and manages an organization
- The people clapped Peter more than they had done the District Superintendent, and then everybody shook hands with them, and as soon as politeness would let them, they got away, and tore up the hill to Three Chimneys with their watches in their hands.†
p. 131.7
Definition:
a person who directs and manages an organization -- such as a school district
or:
a caretaker of a building -- such as an apartment building
or:
a caretaker of a building -- such as an apartment building