1) French word used in English 2) Public manager
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The title of intendant (intendant, intendente) has been used in several countries through history. Traditionally, it refers to the holder of a public administrative office. The title was used and is also commonly found today in many theatres and opera houses in Europe, where it is the equivalent to General Director, a title given to an individual ...
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• (a.) Attentive. • (n.) One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent; as, an intendant of marine; an intendant of finance.
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(from the article `China`) ...checks and balances existed in the diffused network of regional officials. The empire was divided into circuits, which were units of supervision ...
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(from the article `directing`) As Hamlet`s advice might indicate, however, directorial control has existed in some form in most theatre productions. The German practice of ...
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administrative official under the ancien régime in France who served as an agent of the king in each of the provinces, or généralités. From about ... [4 related articles]
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Official appointed by the French crown under Louis XIV to administer a territorial département. Their powers were extensive but counteracted to some extent by other local officials. The term was...
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In·tend'ant noun [ French
intendant , from Latin
intendere to direct (one's thoughts) to a thing. See
Intend .] One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent; as, an
intendant of marine; an
intendant of finance.
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intendant A director, manager of a public business, superintendant, etc.; term applied to certain foreign officials, as to the supervisors of any of certain districts in Spanish America.
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a person who has the direction or management of some public business, the affairs of an establishment, etc.; a superintendent. · the title of various government officials, esp. administrators serving under the French, Spanish, or Portuguese monarchies.
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