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overseer noun [ ˈəʊvəsɪə ]

• a person who supervises others, especially workers.
Similar: supervisor, foreman, forewoman, chargehand, team leader, controller, manager, manageress, line manager, boss, head, head of department, superintendent, captain, grieve, chief, head honcho, governor, super, gaffer, guv'nor, straw boss, pannikin boss, overman,
Origin: late Middle English (also denoting a person appointed by a testator to assist the executor of a will): from oversee.


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