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supervisor(dictionary)
SUPERVISOR(law)

supervisor (iou)



supervisor noun. LME.
[medieval Latin, formed as SUPERVISE: see -OR.]
A person who supervises a person, task, etc.; a manager, a superintendent. Now also spec., a tutor overseeing a student (esp. a postgraduate) or his or her work. LME.
b. = OVERSEER noun 1. LME-M18.
c. Orig., an inspector of highways. Now (US), a railway track inspector. M16.
An onlooker, a spectator, an observer. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
A person reading over a text etc., esp. in order to make corrections; a reviser. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
Computing. A program (usu. part of an operating system) that controls the execution of other programs and the allocation of resources. Also, an operating system. M20.
supervisorship noun the office or function of a supervisor; a body of supervisors: L15.