Meaning of Overseer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who oversees or supervises.
   historical
2. The manager of a plantation of slaves.
   historical
3. An officer responsible for the care of the poor, making out lists of voters and those who had not paid taxes, etc.
   historical
4. A critic.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“It is often deemed advisable to knock a man slave down, in order to tie him, but it is considered cowardly and inexcusable, in an overseer, thus to deal with a woman.”

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