overseer

Meanings

Plural: overseers

Noun

• a person who directs and manages an organization
• One who oversees or supervises.
• The manager of a plantation of slaves.
• One who oversees or supervises.
• An officer responsible for the care of the poor, making out lists of voters and those who had not paid taxes, etc.
• A critic.

Synonyms

administrator, chief, comptroller, controller, curator, foreman, head, head man, organizer, superintendent, supervisor