superintendent

superintendent
    n 1: a person who directs and manages an organization [syn:
         {overseer}, {superintendent}]
    2: a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as
       janitor and rent collector [syn: {superintendent}, {super}]
    

Superintendent \Su`per*in*tend"ent\, a. [L. superintendens, p.
   pr. See {Superintend}.]
   Overseeing; superintending.
   [1913 Webster]
    

Superintendent \Su`per*in*tend"ent\, n. [Cf. OF. superintendant,
   F. surintendant. Cf. {Surintendant}.]
   One who has the oversight and charge of some place,
   institution, or organization, affairs, etc., with the power
   of direction; as, the superintendent of an almshouse; the
   superintendent of public works.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Inspector; overseer; manager; director; curator;
        supervisor.
        [1913 Webster]
    

85 Moby Thesaurus words for "superintendent":
      Big Brother, G-man, MP, administrator, auditor, bailiff, beadle,
      beagle, boatswain, boss, bound bailiff, captain, catchpole, chief,
      chief of police, commissioner, comptroller, conductor, constable,
      controller, deputy, deputy sheriff, detective, director, fed,
      federal, flic, floor manager, floorman, floorwalker, foreman,
      gaffer, ganger, gendarme, government man, governor, head, headman,
      in charge, inspector, lictor, lieutenant, mace-bearer, manager,
      marshal, monitor, mounted policeman, narc, noncommissioned officer,
      officer, overman, overseeing, overseer, patrolman, peace officer,
      police captain, police commissioner, police constable,
      police inspector, police matron, police officer, police sergeant,
      policeman, policewoman, portreeve, proctor, reeve, roundsman,
      sergeant, sergeant at arms, sheriff, sirdar, slave driver,
      straw boss, subforeman, super, supervising, supervisor,
      supervisory, surveyor, taskmaster, tipstaff, tipstaves, trooper,
      visitor