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  • 111chief — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. chieftain, leader, president; captain, commander, general; superior, foreman, overseer; elder. See authority. adj. principal, foremost, leading, supreme. See importance. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn.… …

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  • 112director — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) One who directs Nouns 1. director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller, controller; superintendent, supervisor; executive director; overseer, foreman, overlooker; inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor …

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  • 113superintendent — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. overseer, supervisor, inspector, director, landlord, custodian; see also administrator . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. 1. director supervisor, overseer, manager, chief, administrator, boss, head, foreman. 2. caretaker… …

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  • 114bish|op — «BIHSH uhp», noun, verb, oped, op|ing. –n. 1. a clergyman of high rank who is the head of a church district or diocese: »No Bishop, no King (attributed to James I of England). 2. a spiritual overseer; an officer of the early Christian church:… …

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  • 115Bench of Bishops — Bishop Bish op, n. [OE. bischop, biscop, bisceop, AS. bisceop, biscop, L. episcopus overseer, superintendent, bishop, fr. Gr. ?, ? over + ? inspector, fr. root of ?, ?, to look to, perh. akin to L. specere to look at. See {Spy}, and cf.… …

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  • 116Bishop — Bish op, n. [OE. bischop, biscop, bisceop, AS. bisceop, biscop, L. episcopus overseer, superintendent, bishop, fr. Gr. ?, ? over + ? inspector, fr. root of ?, ?, to look to, perh. akin to L. specere to look at. See {Spy}, and cf. {Episcopal}.]… …

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  • 117Bishop in partibus infidelium — Bishop Bish op, n. [OE. bischop, biscop, bisceop, AS. bisceop, biscop, L. episcopus overseer, superintendent, bishop, fr. Gr. ?, ? over + ? inspector, fr. root of ?, ?, to look to, perh. akin to L. specere to look at. See {Spy}, and cf.… …

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  • 118Graff — Graff, n. [OE. grafe, greife, greive. Cf. {Margrave}.] A steward; an overseer. [1913 Webster] [A prince] is nothing but a servant, overseer, or graff, and not the head, which is a title belonging only to Christ. John Knox. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 119Titular bishop — Bishop Bish op, n. [OE. bischop, biscop, bisceop, AS. bisceop, biscop, L. episcopus overseer, superintendent, bishop, fr. Gr. ?, ? over + ? inspector, fr. root of ?, ?, to look to, perh. akin to L. specere to look at. See {Spy}, and cf.… …

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  • 120Wole Soyinka — Born 13 July 1934 (1934 07 13) (age 77) Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria Occupation Author, Poet …

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