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supervisor

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Word definitions for supervisor in dictionaries

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE educational ▪ The concept of a nominated personal educational supervisor for each preregistration house officer is an innovation in the recommendations. ▪ Suitable educational supervisors could be recruited from ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"one who inspects and directs the work of others," mid-15c., from Medieval Latin supervisor , agent noun from supervidere "oversee, inspect" (see supervise ).

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. one who supervises or has charge and direction of a program that controls the execution of other programs [syn: supervisory program , executive program ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Supervisor \Su`per*vis"or\, n. One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools. A spectator; a looker-on. [Obs.] --Shak.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Supervisor , when the meaning sought is similar to foreman , foreperson , boss , overseer , cell coach , facilitator , monitor , or area coordinator , is the job title of a low level management position that is primarily based on authority over a worker ...

Usage examples of supervisor.

Supervisors and sheriffs using affinity was something he could never get used to.

Likewise, the committing to a board of county supervisors of authority to determine, without notice or hearing, when repairs to an existing drainage system are necessary cannot be said to deny due process of law to landowners in the district, who, by statutory requirement, are assessed for the cost thereof in proportion to the original assessments.

November balloting, Florida Governor Jeb Bush and his Secretary of State Katherine Harris ordered local elections supervisors to purge 57,700 voters from registries on grounds they were felons not entitled to vote in Florida.

This after all was a probationary assignment, and the supervisor had the power to send Ronny Bronston back to the drudgery of his office job at Population Statistics.

From the other table advances Tommy Molto, the Homicide supervisor, who has elected to try this case, a rarity for him these 68 THE LAWS OF OUR FATHERS days.

He notified his supervisor, who passed the notice up the chain of command.

Something a little dressier than jeans should make a better impression on his supervisor and because they normally went bare-breasted, then maybe she better not wear any pasties on her nipples for this very important first meeting.

Madam Sealer, provided Boss Watts authorizes both all my overtime hours, and another supervisor to take over my routine duties.

The secretarial staff supervisor looked up from her desk as Claudia came into the large, untidy office overlooking the park.

When he returned to the shoppe, one of the Supervisors was waiting for him.

This is Crew Chief Venn of Graf Station Security, Boss Watts, who is supervisor of Graf Station Downsider Relations, and Assistant Portmaster Bel Thorne.

To hear that from a decorated Bureau veteran is an indication of the atmosphere of fear that exists among FBI street agents today - the fear that expressing even modest disagreement with a supervisor, or staying loyal to an asset the way Nancy Floyd had, might result in an investigation with career-ending implications.

There was a culture in the Bureau that dismissed the work of earnest brick agents like Nancy Floyd and her colleagues in Minneapolis while rewarding the mean-spirited incompetence of supervisors.

Everyone was wearing their antiflash masks, the Air Warfare Officers were murmuring into their headsets, the supervisors were pacing, all eyes were glued to the screens.

Southern Pacific Train Number Three arrived in Los Angeles on its overnight run from Phoenix on Monday morning, October 19, 1931, the baggageman reported to the district supervisor the two trunks had smelted up his car.