overseer

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English oversee Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English overseer From oversee + -er.

1. One who oversees or supervises.

   “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.”

2. One who oversees or supervises.
3. A critic.
4. A bishop.