overlooker

It was supposed to be one of the first houses built on the grant of the Rock of Dumbarton, and was intended for the "overlooker" of that part of the grant.

A Portrait of Old George Town Grace Dunlop Peter

"Then you think you can be of some use in the house, as a kind of overlooker of the other servants, eh, Nancy -- to prevent waste, and gadding out of doors, and so on?" said Mr. Sheldon, interrogatively.

Birds of Prey 1875

I summed up my account by saying that "I was at present a kind of overlooker in the stables of the inn, had still some pounds in my purse, and, moreover, a capital horse in the stall."

The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" George Henry Borrow 1842

I summed up my account by saying that "I was at present a kind of overlooker in the stables of the inn, had still some pounds in my purse, and, moreover, a capital horse in the stall."

The Romany Rye George Henry Borrow 1842

I summed up my account by saying that 'I was at present a kind of overlooker in the stables of the inn, had still some pounds in my purse, and, moreover, a capital horse in the stall.'

The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' George Henry Borrow 1842

Not only are they slaves of the bourgeois class, and of the bourgeois state; they are daily and hourly enslaved by the machine, by the overlooker and, above all, by the individual bourgeois manufacturer himself.

Brian Jones: Karl Marx: Teacher of the Year? Brian Jones 2011

Not only are they slaves of the bourgeois class, and of the bourgeois state; they are daily and hourly enslaved by the machine, by the overlooker and, above all, by the individual bourgeois manufacturer himself.

Brian Jones: Karl Marx: Teacher of the Year? Brian Jones 2011

St. Patrick, who lived in the fifth century, founded three hundred and sixty-five churches, and ordained the like number of bishops; which proves that then each church had its bishop, that is, its overlooker.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

Geoffrey Day lived in the depths of Yalbury Wood, which formed portion of one of the outlying estates of the Earl of Wessex, to whom Day was head game-keeper, timber-steward, and general overlooker for this district.

Under the Greenwood Tree 2006

Mr Rokesmith again explained; defining the duties he sought to undertake, as those of general superintendent, or manager, or overlooker, or man of business.

Our Mutual Friend 2004