Crossword clues for superintendent
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Superintendent \Su`per*in*tend"ent\, a. [L. superintendens, p. pr. See Superintend.] Overseeing; superintending.
Superintendent \Su`per*in*tend"ent\, n. [Cf. OF. superintendant, F. surintendant. Cf. Surintendant.] One who has the oversight and charge of some place, institution, or organization, affairs, etc., with the power of direction; as, the superintendent of an almshouse; the superintendent of public works.
Syn: Inspector; overseer; manager; director; curator; supervisor.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1550s, originally an ecclesiastical word meaning "bishop" or "minister who supervises churches within a district" (ultimately a loan-translation of Greek episkopos "overseer"), from Medieval Latin superintendentem (nominative superintendens), present participle of Late Latin superintendere "oversee," from Latin super "above" (see super-) + intendere "turn one's attention to, direct" (see intend). Famously used by 16c. radical Protestants in place of bishop, which to them was tainted by Papacy.\n\n[Martinists] studie to pull downe Bishopps, and set vp Superintendents, which is nothing else, but to raze out good Greeke, & enterline bad Latine. [Lyly, "Pappe with an Hatchet," 1589]\nThe general sense of "a person who has charge of some business" is first recorded 1580s. Meaning "janitor, custodian" is from c.1935. Shortened form super first attested 1857, especially at first of overseers of sheep ranches in Australia. As an adjective meaning "superintending," from 1590s.
Wiktionary
a. Overseeing; superintending. n. 1 A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something. 2 A police rank used in Commonwealth countries, ranking above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Superintendent (Supt), often shortened to "super", is a rank in British police services and in most English-speaking Commonwealth nations. In many Commonwealth countries the full version is superintendent of police (SP). The rank is also used in most British Overseas Territories and in many former British Colonies. In some countries, such as Italy, the rank of Superintendent is a low rank.
In the field of education in the United States, a superintendent or superintendent of schools is an administrator or manager in charge of a number of public schools or a school district, a local government body overseeing public schools.
The role and powers of the superintendent varies among areas. However, "it is often said that the most important role of the board of education is to hire its superintendent."
Superintendent of Jail is a chief administrator of a prison.
Superintendent is the head of an administrative division of a Protestant church, largely historical but still in use in Germany. It replaced the title of bishop in Northern Germany and Scandinavia after the Protestant Reformation, since bishop was associated with Roman Catholicism. Later, the title was adopted to describe clerical positions in the hierarchy of Methodist churches.
Superintendent was the elected head of each Provincial Council in New Zealand from 1853 to 1876.
Superintendent may refer to:
- Superintendent (police), Superintendent of Police (SP), or Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) – a police rank
- Superintendent (jail), Superintendent of Prison, Superintendent of Jail, or Senior Superintendent of Jail – a prison administrator
- Superintendent (ecclesiastical), a church executive performing the duties of a bishop, in Lutheran and Methodist churches
- Superintendent (education), an education executive or administrator
- Superintendent (politics), the elected head of each Provincial Council in New Zealand from 1853 to 1876
- Superintendent (United States Air Force), a United States Air Force position
- Superintendent (construction), a supervisor who is responsible for scheduling subcontractors on behalf of the general contractor
- Building superintendent, a manager, maintenance or repair person, custodian or janitor, especially in the United States; sometimes shortened to "super"
- Superintendent (hospital), plans, directs, or co-ordinate medical and health services in hospitals and clinics, managed care organizations, public health agencies
- Soprintendenza's director ( Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism (Italy))
- Superintendent, a character in Halo 3 ODST
On large construction projects, the superintendent's job is to run the day-to-day operations on the construction site and control the short-term schedule. The role of the superintendent also includes important quality control and subcontractor coordination responsibilities. It is common for most finance-related tasks (especially labor and material cost control) and long-term scheduling to be handled by a project manager. The project manager and superintendent need to cooperate and share control effectively. Superintendents are almost universally stationed on the construction site, while project managers are usually based in the contractor's office with part-time on site responsibilities.
On anything other than small projects, he or she is often assisted by a project engineer also employed by the construction company.
On very large projects, those generally in excess of $100m, there are multiple tiers of superintendents. These tiers are generally broken down into the following: Program superintendent, super-structure superintendents, MEPF (mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection) superintendents, interior superintendents, craft/trade superintendents and assistant superintendents. There is a similar tier for the project management side.
Program superintendents are responsible for the overall coordination and completion of the project through the direction of the second and third tiers of superintendents. Program superintendents commonly have very little hands on construction interaction due to delegation to other tier superintendents. The number of hours worked may reflect the tier of the superintendent, with program superintendents generally having a normal Monday thru Friday (8:00am to 5:00pm work schedule). The compensation package is also related to the tier level of the superintendent.
In Australia, the common building contracts in use also have a "Superintendent". This is a person who represents the owner or principal and administers the contract terms and conditions. The responsibilities include: assessing and certifying claims for payment, extensions of time and variations to the contract. The Superintendent is also responsible for confirming the builder's compliance with the requirements of the building contract and for answering queries in relation to contract matters or other matters related to the construction. The Superintendent in a building contract usually comes from an architectural, quantity surveying or engineering background. As a particular note, in Australia in building projects, the Superintendent is not the party responsible for co-ordination and scheduling of the trades & work of the contract, this is the responsibility of the head contractor who will usually employ a site manager, overseen by a project manager, overseen by a construction manager / director.
The point is a Superintendent can learn a project managers job quicker than a pm can learn a Superintendents job.
Usage examples of "superintendent".
I promised to follow his advice, and I then paid a visit to the superintendent of police.
He looked about curiously for the amazingly lifelike statuette that the superintendent had so enjoyed displaying and was pleased to find the graceful figure prominent on a bookshelf to the right.
Parker, the superintendent at El Malpais National Monument in New Mexico, was only too happy to talk.
Less than ten days earlier, a martinet of a Chief Commissioner, who did not approve of inspectors of the old school, had asked him to resign--to retire early, as he more elegantly put it--on the pretext of some rash act the Superintendent was supposed to have committed.
If that martinet of a Chief Commissioner could see Maigret now, he would probably have accused him of doing a job unworthy of a superintendent.
The mayor, the superintendent of schools, the director of the public library, newspaper personalities, and our esteemed meteorologist, of course.
And on the afternoon that Charmian and I climbed the two-thousand-foot pali and looked our last upon the Settlement, the superintendent, the doctors, and the mixture of nationalities and of diseased and nondiseased were all engaged in an exciting baseball game.
Campion, Superintendent Luke, and Detective Sergeant Picot from the Barrow Road station, in whose division they were not operating, were listening to Miss Rich.
Detective Superintendent Sandy Galloway was halfway down his postprandial glass of Gaol Ila.
For the fourteenth time Morse found himself re-appraising the quirkily contradictory character that was Chief Superintendent Strange.
The response from the second man, whom Sanglier introduced as Superintendent Bruno Siemen, seconded from the organized crime bureau of the Bundeskriminalamt, was almost as obsequious and Claudine guessed Poulard had briefed the German while they waited outside.
Wyck had already returned to the School House, leaving word with the police that he would be grateful for a word with the Superintendent when he had finished with Mr Semple and Mr Kay.
The possible connection between the murder and the poison-pen outbreak was remarked with commendable speed and Sergeant Throstle found himself seconded to a murder squad to which he did not properly belong, under the leadership of Superintendent Gravesend, an officer who delighted in being called dynamic when his activities were noticed by the press.
Here was a superintendent apologizing for his actions while a mere warehouseman sat on top of a forklift truck and shouted at him.
Miss Effie Winters and here, although I can well understand his motive, Superintendent Hallicks allowed me to go into the house and talk to her before he had told me of the result of his excavation of the contents of the punt.