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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor;

as, an

overseer

of a mill

; specifically, one or certain public officers;

as, an

overseer

of the poor; an

overseer

of highways.

Noun.

One who overlooks; a superintendent; a supervisor.

An officer who has the care of the poor or of an idiot, &c.