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Plural of superintendent

regular plural

The plural of superintendent is superintendents.

Forms of superintendent

Singularsuperintendent /ˌsjuːpəɹɪnˈtɛndənt/
Pluralsuperintendents
Countablecountable

Superintendents in a sentence

  • School superintendents, principals, and teachers are currently credentialed only by the state.1997, Paul Thomas Hill et al., Reinventing Public Education, →ISBN, page 138. From the entry credential
  • McBean and superintendents Hare and Nicolson amaze the 16-year-old, who has little experience with the wealthy privileged class.2010, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Peter Carey: A Literary Companion, page 233. From the entry squatter
  • In autumn or spring, superintendents sometimes suspect that yellow tuft (Sclerophthora macrospora) or yellow patch (Rhizoctonia cerealis) diseases are the problem.2002, Peter H. Dernoeden, Creeping Bentgrass Management: Summer Stresses, Weeds and Selected Maladies, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley &…. From the entry yellow patch
  • But the ordinator is not consecrated—that is not a Danish custom—his office resembling that of the superintendents in Germany.1917 January 13, R. Andersen, “Short History of the Danish Reformation”, in The Living Church, volume 56, page 361. From the entry ordinator

Meaning of superintendent

  1. noun A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.
  2. noun A police officer rank, positioned above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent.
  3. noun The manager of a building, usually a communal residence, who is responsible for keeping the facilities functional and often collecting rent or similar payments, either as also the building's landlord or on behalf of same.

Full definition of superintendent

Questions about the plural of superintendent

What is the plural of superintendent?
The plural of superintendent is superintendents.
Is superintendent countable?
Superintendent is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: superintendent (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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