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overseer

[oh-ver-see-er, -seer] / ˈoʊ vərˌsi ər, -ˌsɪər /
NOUN
person who supervises others' work
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After events in the first episode of “Fallout,” viewers may wonder if they’ll see Overseer Hank again.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024

She has refused to inherit her husband's title of "General Overseer", saying that he is still in charge and that she has only "commenced the journey from where our father left the baton".

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2021

Players will be able to become the Overseer of a settlement, and build it up from a small collection of buildings into a larger town.

From The Verge • Sep. 1, 2021

You emerge from a fallout shelter and are given the task of following in the footsteps of its former Overseer.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2018

While round the work-house door The laboring classes flock; For why? the Overseer of the P—— Is setting the work-house clock.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by




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