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Supervisor   /sˈupərvˌaɪzər/   Listen
Supervisor

noun
1.
One who supervises or has charge and direction of.
2.
A program that controls the execution of other programs.  Synonyms: executive program, supervisory program.



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"Supervisor" Quotes from Famous Books



... I don't know, any more than you do, how these three happened to know each other, or why Decherd happened to appear so steadily at your place, after you had so eagerly taken his suggestion and employed Mrs. Ellison as your household supervisor. But now, we will say, Decherd takes a great notion to Miss Lady. All the time Delphine is there watching him. She puts on a heap more airs than a colored mistress. Along about the time of the train wreck, she begins to charge ...
— The Law of the Land • Emerson Hough
... School to the four University professorships, "without specifying at present the precise nature of each Professorship." They received no remuneration from the College. Later, Dr. Stephenson acted for a brief period as supervisor of the ...
— McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 • Cyrus Macmillan
... remained here happy and contented; he had become the confidential supervisor of Don Cumanos' household, proved himself worthy of a trust so important, and was considered as one of ...
— The Pirate and The Three Cutters • Frederick Marryat
... was intended to secure fair elections in the South, but actually, as described by a member of the House at the time, to prevent elections being held in several districts, it placed the election machinery in the control of the Federal Government, which, through the Chief Supervisor of Elections, to be appointed by the President, and his Praetorian Guard of Deputy Marshals, would have controlled every election and returned an overwhelming Republican majority ...
— The Mirrors of Washington • Anonymous
... honesty and watchfullness, his appearance and demeanor naturally conjuring up reflections of faithful servitors about the persons of knights and nobles of old; he is apparently the Khan of Ghalakua's confidential retainer and general supervisor of affairs ...
— Around the World on a Bicycle Volume II. - From Teheran To Yokohama • Thomas Stevens


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