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intendants

intendants is the plural of intendant.

Meaning of intendant

Noun

intendant (plural intendants)

  1. (UK) The administrator of an opera house or theater.
  2. (dated) One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent.
    • an intendant of finance
  3. 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.

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Phrases with intendants

Questions about intendants

What is intendants the plural of?
Intendants is the plural of intendant.

Words near intendants in the dictionary

  1. intendance
  2. intendances
  3. intendancies
  4. intendancy
  5. intendant
  6. intendants
  7. intendantship
  8. intendantships
  9. intended
  10. intendedly
  11. intendedness

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