overseer
/ˈəʊvəˌsiːə(ɹ)/
overseer noun: the manager of a plantation of slaves.
Noun
overseer (plural overseers)
- The manager of a plantation of slaves.
- 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.1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 3, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC
- An officer responsible for the care of the poor, making out lists of voters and those who had not paid taxes, etc.
- A critic.
- A bishop.
overseer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
overseer in Hindi
- one who oversees
- पर्यवेक्षक paryavekṣak
overseer in Tamil
- மேற்பார்வையாளர், கண்காணி
overseer in Urdu
- one who oversees
- ناظِر nāzir, نِگْران nigrān
overseer in Bengali
- তত্ত্বাবধায়ক, পরিদর্শক
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- overseer in Telugu
- అధ్యక్షుడు adhyakṣuḍu
- overseer in Malayalam
- മേലാൾ, മേൽനോട്ടക്കാരൻ
- overseer in Kannada
- ಮೇಲ್ವಿಚಾರಕ, ಓವರ್ಸಿಯರು
- overseer in Punjabi
- ਨਿਗਰਾਨ nigrān
- overseer in Arabic
- مُشْرِف mušrif, مُشْرِفَة mušrifa
- overseer in Thai
- ผู้ดูแล pûu-duu-lɛɛ, ผู้ควบคุม pûu-kûuap-kum, หัวหน้างาน hǔua-nâa-ngaan
- overseer in Vietnamese
- người giám sát
Examples of overseer in a sentence
- Clerks and overseers included Overseas Chinese, Euro-Chinese, and Sinjos (of mixed origin).
- Xianggang, in turn, was connected to Portuguese Aomen (Macao) and Manila with its American overseers.
- "Heap of it, sir," replied the overseer, taking off his cap.
Synonyms of overseer
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Forms of overseer
| plural | overseers |
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Origin of overseer
From oversee + -er.
Words formed from overseer
Questions about overseer
- What does overseer mean?
- Overseer means the manager of a plantation of slaves.
- What is overseer in Hindi?
- Overseer in Hindi is पर्यवेक्षक (paryavekṣak). See Overseer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is overseer?
- Overseer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce overseer?
- Overseer is pronounced /ˈəʊvəˌsiːə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of overseer?
- The plural of overseer is overseers.
Words near overseer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: overseer (page history and authors); overseer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Overseer (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అధ్యక్షుడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); overseer (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); overseer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਨਿਗਰਾਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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