overseer

English

overseer (plural overseers)

One who oversees or supervises.
1. (historical) The manager of a plantation of slaves.
  - 1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 3, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York, Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC:
    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.
2. (historical) An officer responsible for the care of the poor, making out lists of voters and those who had not paid taxes, etc.
(obsolete) A critic.

one who oversees

Azerbaijani: nəzarətçi
Bulgarian: надзирател (bg) m (nadziratel)
Czech: dozorce (cs) m
Danish: opsynsmand
Dutch: opzichter (nl) m
Egyptian:

(jmj-r)
Finnish: työnjohtaja (fi), valvoja (fi)
French: contremaître (fr) m, chef (fr)
Georgian: ზედამხედველი (zedamxedveli)
German: Aufseher (de) m, Aufseherin (de) f
Greek: επόπτης (el) m (epóptis), εργοδηγός (el) m or f (ergodigós), επιστάτης (el) m (epistátis), επιτηρητής (el) m (epitiritís)
Ancient: ἐπόπτης m (epóptēs), ἔφορος m (éphoros), ἐπίσκοπος m (epískopos)
Irish: feighlí m, maor m
Italian: ispettore (it), capoccia m, supervisore (it) m, organizzatore (it) m, curatore (it) m
Latin: curator (la) m, curatrix f; praefectus; praepositus
Macedonian: надгле́дувач m (nadgléduvač), на́дзирач m (nádzirač), на́дзорник m (nádzornik)
Persian: سرپرست (fa) (sarparast)
Plautdietsch: Äwasechta m
Polish: nadzorca (pl) m
Portuguese: feitor (pt)
Romanian: supervizor (ro) m
Russian: надзира́тель (ru) m (nadzirátelʹ), надзира́тельница (ru) f (nadzirátelʹnica), надсмо́трщик (ru) m (nadsmótrščik), надсмо́трщица (ru) f (nadsmótrščica)
Spanish: capataz (es)
Swahili: msimamizi (sw)
Swedish: förman (sv) c

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