overseer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English oversee
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English overseer
From oversee + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: overseers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who oversees or supervises.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: It is often deemed advisable to knock a man slave down, in order to tie him, but it is considered cowardly and inexcusable, in an overseer, thus to deal with a woman.
gloss: One who oversees or supervises.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A critic.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A bishop.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
Synonyms: administrator
chief
comptroller
controller
curator
foreman
head
head man
organizer
superintendent
supervisor
Derived words: overseeress
overseerism
overseership
suboverseer
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: مُشْرِف
roman: mušrif
lang: Arabic
word: مُشْرِفَة
roman: mušrifa
lang: Armenian
word: հսկիչ
roman: hskičʻ
lang: Armenian
word: վերակացու
roman: verakacʻu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: nəzarətçi
lang: Belarusian
word: нагля́дчык
roman: nahljádčyk
lang: Belarusian
word: нагля́дчыца
roman: nahljádčyca
lang: Bulgarian
word: надзира́тел
roman: nadzirátel
lang: Bulgarian
word: надзира́телка
roman: nadzirátelka
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 監督者 /监督者
roman: jiāndūzhě
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 監工 /监工
roman: jiāngōng
lang: Czech
word: dozorce
lang: Czech
word: dozorkyně
lang: Danish
word: opsynsmand
lang: Dutch
word: opzichter
lang: Egyptian
word: m-r:H_SPACE
roman: jmj-r
lang: Estonian
word: ülevaataja
lang: Finnish
word: työnjohtaja
lang: Finnish
word: valvoja
lang: French
word: contremaître
lang: French
word: chef
lang: Georgian
word: ზედამხედველი
roman: zedamxedveli
lang: German
word: Aufseher
lang: German
word: Aufseherin
lang: Greek
word: επόπτης
roman: epóptis
lang: Greek
word: εργοδηγός
roman: ergodigós
lang: Greek
word: επιστάτης
roman: epistátis
lang: Greek
word: επιτηρητής
roman: epitiritís
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐπόπτης
roman: epóptēs
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἔφορος
roman: éphoros
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐπίσκοπος
roman: epískopos
lang: Hindi
word: पर्यवेक्षक
roman: paryavekṣak
lang: Hungarian
word: felügyelő
lang: Hungarian
word: munkafelügyelő
lang: Irish
word: feighlí
lang: Irish
word: maor
lang: Italian
word: ispettore
lang: Italian
word: capoccia
lang: Italian
word: supervisore
lang: Italian
word: organizzatore
lang: Italian
word: curatore
lang: Japanese
word: 監督者
roman: kantokusha
lang: Korean
word: 감독자
roman: gamdokja
lang: Latin
word: curator
lang: Latin
word: curatrix
lang: Latin
word: praefectus
lang: Latin
word: praepositus
lang: Latvian
word: uzraugs
lang: Lithuanian
word: prižiūrėtojas
lang: Macedonian
word: надгле́дувач
roman: nadgléduvač
lang: Macedonian
word: на́дзирач
roman: nádzirač
lang: Macedonian
word: на́дзорник
roman: nádzornik
lang: Iranian Persian
word: سَرْپَرَسْت
roman: sarparast
lang: Iranian Persian
word: ناظِر
roman: nâzer
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Äwasechta
lang: Polish
word: nadzorca
lang: Polish
word: nadzorczyni
lang: Portuguese
word: feitor
lang: Romanian
word: supervizor
lang: Russian
word: надзира́тель
roman: nadzirátelʹ
lang: Russian
word: надзира́тельница
roman: nadzirátelʹnica
lang: Russian
word: надсмо́трщик
roman: nadsmótrščik
lang: Russian
word: надсмо́трщица
roman: nadsmótrščica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: на́дгледнӣк
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: на́дзо̄рнӣк
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nádglednīk
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nádzōrnīk
lang: Sikkimese
word: སྐུལ་མཁན
roman: skul mkhan
lang: Slovak
word: dozorca
lang: Slovak
word: dozorkyňa
lang: Slovene
word: nadzornik
lang: Slovene
word: nadzornica
lang: Spanish
word: capataz
lang: Spanish
word: sobrestante
lang: Spanish
word: caporal
lang: Spanish
word: caporalista
lang: Swahili
word: msimamizi
lang: Swedish
word: förman
lang: Tajik
word: назоратчӣ
roman: nazoratči
lang: Tajik
word: нозир
roman: nozir
lang: Tajik
word: дидбон
roman: didbon
lang: Thai
word: ผู้ดูแล
roman: pûu-duu-lɛɛ
lang: Thai
word: ผู้ควบคุม
roman: pûu-kûuap-kum
lang: Thai
word: หัวหน้างาน
roman: hǔua-nâa-ngaan
lang: Ukrainian
word: нагляда́ч
roman: nahljadáč
lang: Ukrainian
word: нагля́дач
roman: nahljádač
lang: Ukrainian
word: нагляда́чка
roman: nahljadáčka
lang: Ukrainian
word: нагля́дачка
roman: nahljádačka
lang: Urdu
word: ناظِر
roman: nāzir
lang: Urdu
word: نِگْران
roman: nigrān
lang: Uzbek
word: nozir
lang: Uzbek
word: nazoratchi
lang: Vietnamese
word: người giám sát