different between superintendent vs treasurer

English

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin superintendens, a calque of Ancient Greek ????????? (epískopos); thence being distantly related to English bishop.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?sju?p???n?t?nd?nt/, /?su?p???n?t?nd?nt/

Noun

superintendent (plural superintendents)

1. A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.
2. (Commonwealth of Nations) A police rank used in Commonwealth countries, ranking above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent.
3. The manager of a building, usually a communal residence, who is responsible for keeping the facilities functional and often collecting rent or similar payments, either as also the building's landlord or on behalf of same. Often abbreviated "super".
4. The head of a Sunday school.
5. In some Protestant churches, a clergyman having the oversight of the clergy of a district.
6. (chiefly US) A janitor.

Synonyms

• manager
• foreman
• chief, head, head man
• controller, comptroller
• overseer
• supervisor

Derived terms

• supt. (abbreviation)
• SP (abbreviation)
• chief superintendent
• detective superintendent (DSupt)
• detective chief superintendent (DCS)
• superintendential

Related terms

• superintend
• superintendency

Translations

See also

• (policing) police constable (PC), woman police constable (WPC), detective constable (DC), detective sergeant (DS), detective inspector (DI), detective chief inspector (DCI)

Adjective

superintendent (not comparable)

1. Overseeing; superintending.

Romanian

Etymology

From German Superintendent

Noun

superintendent m (plural superintenden?i)

1. superintendent

Declension

English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman tresorer, from tresor + -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??????(?)/

Noun

treasurer (plural treasurers)

1. The government official in charge of the Treasury.
2. The head of a corporation's treasury department.
3. The official entrusted with the funds and revenues of an organization such as a club.

Derived terms

• corporate treasurer
• treasurership

Related terms

• treasury

Translations

Anagrams

• serrature