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intendent

intendent is the obsolete form 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.

See all 4 meanings of intendant

Forms of intendent

pluralintendents

Questions about intendent

What is intendent the obsolete form of?
Intendent is the obsolete form of intendant.

Words near intendent in the dictionary

  1. intendantships
  2. intended
  3. intendedly
  4. intendedness
  5. intendeds
  6. intendent
  7. intendents
  8. intender
  9. intendered
  10. intendering
  11. intenders

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