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Webster 1913 Edition

Supervisor

Suˊper-vis′or

,

Noun.

1.

One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent;

as, a

supervisor

of schools

.

2.

A spectator; a looker-on.

[Obs.]

Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Supervisor

SUPERVI'SOR

,

Noun.

An overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as the supervisor of a pamphlet.

Definition 2024

supervisor

supervisor

English

Alternative forms

supervisour (obsolete)

Noun

supervisor ‎(plural supervisors)

(management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
(US) In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.

Translations

a person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group etc.

Chinese:
Mandarin: 監督者 (zh), 监督者 (zh) ‎(jiāndūzhě), 管理者 ‎(guǎnlǐzhě), 主管 (zh) ‎(zhǔguǎn)
Finnish: valvoja (fi), tarkastaja (fi)
French: superviseur (fr) m
German: Aufseher (de), Vorgesetzter (de) m
Greek: επιστάτης (el) m ‎(epistátis)
Irish: maor m
Italian: supervisore
Japanese: 主管 (ja) ‎(しゅかん, shukan), スーパーバイザー ‎(sūpābaizā)
Khmer: មេការ ‎(mee kaa)
Kurdish:
Sorani: چاودێر (ku) ‎(çawdér)

Norwegian:

Bokmål: oppsynsmann m

Nynorsk: oppsynsmann m
Portuguese: supervisor (pt) m
Russian: нача́льник (ru) m ‎(načálʹnik), руководи́тель (ru) m ‎(rukovodítelʹ), (negative connotation) надсмо́трщик (ru) m ‎(nadsmótrščik), (negative connotation) надзира́тель (ru) m ‎(nadzirátelʹ), (manufacturing, construction) ма́стер (ru) m ‎(máster), суперва́йзер (ru) m ‎(supervájzɛr)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: супервизор m, надзорник m, надгледник m, надређени m

Roman: supervizor (sh) m, nadzornik (sh) m, nadglednik (sh) m, nadređeni (sh) m
Spanish: supervisor (es) m, director (es) m
Tagalog: tagamasid

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See also

References

“supervisor” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Anagrams

proviruses

Portuguese

Etymology

super- +‎ visor

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /supɛɾviˈzoɾ/

Noun

supervisor m (plural supervisores)

(management) supervisor

See also

Spanish

Noun

supervisor m ‎(plural supervisores, feminine supervisora)

supervisor

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