Associations to the word «Supervisor»

Wiktionary

SUPERVISOR, noun. (management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group.
SUPERVISOR, noun. A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
SUPERVISOR, noun. (US) In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.

Dictionary definition

SUPERVISOR, noun. One who supervises or has charge and direction of.
SUPERVISOR, noun. A program that controls the execution of other programs.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats