Synonyms for overseer
ˈoʊ vərˌsi ər, -ˌsɪərover·seer

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1. overseer, superintendentnoun

   a person who directs and manages an organization

   Synonyms:
   super, superintendent

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1. • Supervisor

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1. overseernoun

   Synonyms:
   superintendent, inspector, supervisor, director, BOSS

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1. overseernoun

   Synonyms:
   superintendent, supervisor, inspector, taskmaster, foreman, monitor

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1. List of paraphrases for "overseer":

   supervisor, foreman, auditor

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1. Wesley Norris:

   Gen. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, in the meantime, stood by, and frequently enjoined( a county constable) to lay it on well, an injunction which he did not fail to heed ; not satisfied with simply lacerating our naked flesh, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee then ordered the overseer to thoroughly wash our backs with brine, which was done.

2. Linda Addison:

   When Blacks were brought here as slaves, they could not sing and tell stories about Whites who were oppressing them, so, they turned them into monsters. A White master or overseer who heard it wouldn't recognize it.

3. Ancient Egyptian City -RSB- David:

   Since there is no other attestation of an Amenemhat scribe of the house of the overseer of sealed items, we dont know anything else about him, including where he was buried.