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overseer [ˈəʊvəsiːə] N

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He was no longer willing to endure existence under the control of an overseer.
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He held important positions there, the most notable being the overseer of roads.
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Consequently, they were referred to as bishops residing in a given place, rather than as diocesan territorial overseers.
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On the day that he was scheduled to depart, his overseer invited him to dinner and promised a satisfactory adjustment.
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In the former, the owner kept a secretary, "villicus puellarum", or an overseer for the girls.
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The general overseers are the men and women in charge of the prison.
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If the overseer sets his face against wrongdoing, they will not do it; if he allows it, the master must not let him go unpunished.
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Overseers were also responsible for ensuring that both servants and slaves were properly fed and housed, and that they were assigned work fairly and efficiently.
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Anyone else who claimed to be qualified to vote or who objected was required to give notice to the overseers.
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He hired everyone, included a little old man with a white beard whom his brothers had rejected but whom he appointed as overseer.
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