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ɪnˈtɛn dəntin·ten·dant
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Wiktionary
intendantnoun
An administrator in certain countries in Latin America
intendantnoun
An administrator serving the king or queen in France, Spain or Portugal.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Intendantnoun
An officer of the highest class, who oversees any particular allotment of the publick business.
Etymology: French.
Nearchus, who commanded Alexander's fleet, and Onesicrates, his intendant general of marine, have both left relations of the Indies. Arbuthnot.
Wikipedia
Intendant
An intendant (French: [ɛ̃tɑ̃dɑ̃] (listen); Portuguese: intendente [ĩtẽˈdẽtɨ]; Spanish: intendente [intenˈdente]) was, and sometimes still is, a public official, especially in France, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. The intendancy system was a centralizing administrative system developed in France. In the War of the Spanish Succession of 1701 to 1714 the French royal House of Bourbon secured its hold on the throne of Spain; it extended a French-style intendancy system to Spain and Portugal - and subsequently worldwide through the Spanish Empire and Portuguese Empire. Regions were divided into districts, each administered by an intendant. The title continues in use in Spain and in parts of Spanish America for particular government officials.
Webster Dictionary
Intendantnoun
one who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent; as, an intendant of marine; an intendant of finance
Intendantadjective
attentive
Etymology: [See Intend.]
Wikidata
Intendant
The title of intendant has been used in several countries through history. Traditionally, it refers to the holder of a public administrative office. The title is also common in many opera houses today equivalent to general director, and given to an individual in a managerial position, generally having control over all aspects of the company.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
intendant
An officer in the French army charged with the organization and direction of all the civil services attending a force in the field. The officers acting under his orders are those in charge of all the finance services, the provisions, stores, hospitals, artillery train, and transport departments, besides the interpreters, guides, and such like temporary services. The intendant-en-chef of an army is the representative of the minister of war; and, short of superseding the general’s orders, can exercise, in case of need, all the functions of that high officer of state. The intendance is divided into intendants, ranking with general officers, sub-intendants with colonels, and assistant-intendants with majors; besides these there are cadets, who receive no pay, and constitute a probationary grade.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of intendant in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of intendant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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