superintendent

superintendent
noun
  1. a person who manages or superintends an organization or activity
    负责人,主管人,指挥者
    ■(in the UK) a police officer ranking above chief inspector
    (英国)(等级较总督察高的)警官
    ■(in the US) a high-ranking official, especially the chief of a police department
    (美国)高级官员(尤指警长)
    ■(N. Amer.)the caretaker of a building
    (北美)看门人
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin superintendent- 'overseeing', from the verb superintendere (see superintend)
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