intendant
intendant noun: the administrator of an opera house or theater.
Noun
intendant (plural intendants)
- The administrator of an opera house or theater.
- One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent.
- an intendant of finance
- By-and-by, she wandered away to an unnecessary revelation of her master's whereabouts: gone to help in the search for his landlord, the Sieur de Poissy, who lived at the château just above, and who had not returned from his chase the day before; so the intendant imagined he might have met with some...1861, Elizabeth Gaskell, The Grey Woman
- A governor in various specific contexts, including certain South American countries, and historically in the kingdoms of Spain, Portugal, and France, and in imperial China.
- Synonyms:
- governor, circuit intendant
Adjective
intendant (comparative more intendant, superlative most intendant)
Synonyms of intendant
Forms of intendant
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | intendants |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more intendant |
| superlative | most intendant |
Origin of intendant
Originally and usually from French intendant, but translating Spanish or Chinese equivalents in some contexts.
Words formed from intendant
Phrases with intendant
Questions about intendant
- What does intendant mean?
- Intendant means the administrator of an opera house or theater.
- What part of speech is intendant?
- Intendant can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of intendant?
- The plural of intendant is intendants.
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