intendant (plural intendants)
(UK) Administrator of an opera house or theater.
(dated) One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent.
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.
• (governor): governor; see also circuit intendant (Chinese)
intendant (comparative more intendant, superlative most intendant)
(obsolete) Attentive.
Source: Wiktionary
In*tend"ant, n. Etym: [F. intendant, fr. L. intendere to direct (one's thoughts) to a thing. See Intend.]
Definition: One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent; as, an intendant of marine; an intendant of finance.
In*tend"ant, a. Etym: [See Intend.]
Definition: Attentive. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 November 2024
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
