Synonyms for overseers

Grammar : Noun

Spell : oh-ver-see-er, -seer

Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ vərˌsi ər, -ˌsɪər

Définition of overseers

Origin : late 14c., agent noun from oversee (v.).

noun person who supervises others' work

Example sentences :

So to work he set with the beadles, and the constables, and the overseers.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

The overseers were brutal when the slaves did not do the tasks set for them.
Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne

Here is an order from Deacon Pinkerton, chairman of the overseers of the poor.
Extract from : « The Cash Boy » by Horatio Alger Jr.

At his death he had received £60, but he gave up to the Overseers a legacy of £30.
Extract from : « Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts » by Rosalind Northcote

He was, of all the overseers, the most dreaded by the slaves.
Extract from : « The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass » by Frederick Douglass

The overseers of all the farms were in some sort under him, and received the law from his mouth.
Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass

We didn't have no overseers in northern Texas, but in southern Texas dey did.
Extract from : « Slave Narratives, Oklahoma » by Various

In them times it was mostly the overseers and the drivers who was the mean ones.
Extract from : « Slave Narratives, Oklahoma » by Various

He never employed any overseers as he done his own overseeing.
Extract from : « Slave Narratives, Oklahoma » by Various

Old Master was good to all of his slaves but his overseers had orders to make 'em work.
Extract from : « Slave Narratives, Oklahoma » by Various

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