different between supervisor vs headwaiter

English

Alternative forms

• supervisour (obsolete)

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century C.E.; from Latin supervisor, from supervide?, in turn from Latin super + Latin vide?.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: so?op??rv?z'?r, IPA^(key): /?su?p??va?z?/

Noun

supervisor (plural supervisors)

1. (management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
2. A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
3. (US) In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.
4. (computing) A process responsible for managing other processes.
   • 1965, P. A. Crisman, The compatible time-sharing system: a programmer's guide (page 14)

     The clock burst which enables the supervisor to housekeep the console input and output and to change program status is currently set to 200 ms.

Related terms

• supervise
• supervision
• supervisory

Translations

See also

• manager
• on-call supervisor
• superintendent

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “supervisor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• proviruses

Catalan

Noun

supervisor m (plural supervisors, feminine supervisora)

1. supervisor

Related terms

• supervisar
• supervisió

Further reading

• “supervisor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “supervisor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “supervisor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Portuguese

Etymology

super- +? visor

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sup??vi?zo?/

Noun

supervisor m (plural supervisores)

1. (management) supervisor

See also

• gerente
• administrador
• capataz
• chefe
• controlador
• feitor
• organizador
• superintendente

Spanish

Noun

supervisor m (plural supervisores, feminine supervisora, feminine plural supervisoras)

1. supervisor
2. handler (e.g, a secret agent's handler)

Related terms

• supervisar
• supervisión

Further reading

• “supervisor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

head +? waiter

Noun

headwaiter (plural headwaiters)

1. A waiter who has a supervisory position over the other wait staff; chief waiter.

Synonyms

• (chiefly US) maître d'

Translations