intendant
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intendant
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Originally and usually from French intendant, but translating Spanish or Chinese equivalents in some contexts.
noun intendants
- The administrator of an opera house or theater.
- One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent. an intendant of finance
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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.
Similar: governor, circuit intendant
adjective more intendant · most intendant
- Attentive.
Talk about this word "intendant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/intendant. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. intendant. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/intendant "intendant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/intendant.Cite this
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