intendant
Meanings
Plural: intendants
Noun
- The administrator of an opera house or theater.
- One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent.
- A governor in various specific contexts, including certain South American countries, and historically in the kingdoms of Spain, Portugal, and France, and in imperial China.
Adj
- Attentive.
Origin / Etymology
Originally and usually from French intendant, but translating Spanish or Chinese equivalents in some contexts.
Synonyms
circuit intendant, governor
Scrabble Score: 10
intendant is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordintendant is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
intendant is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
intendant is a valid Words With Friends word