adj
Meaning 1
Attentive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
intendant
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noun
Meaning 2
The administrator of an opera house or theater.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 3
One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Examples
- an intendant of finance
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noun
Meaning 4
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.
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History
Etymology
Originally and usually from French intendant, but translating Spanish or Chinese equivalents in some contexts.
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