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INTENDANT
Etymology
Noun
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.
Synonyms
• (governor): governor; see also circuit intendant (Chinese)
Adjective
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
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