Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office of a supervisor.
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- noun The post or office of
supervisor .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"I shall recommend you for the supervisorship of the Washakie Forest," concluded Dalton, decisively.
Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West Hamlin Garland 1900
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"Would you accept the supervisorship of the Washakie Forest?" demanded
Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West Hamlin Garland 1900
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Stuart, Andrew, W.S. and M.P., candidate for Indian supervisorship, 255; withdrawal from contest for Lanarkshire, 391; letter of Smith, 392
Life of Adam Smith Rae, John, 1845-1915 1895
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[224] From the suppression of the Indian supervisorship; see p. 255.
Life of Adam Smith Rae, John, 1845-1915 1895
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Rogers, Professor Thorold, on Smith's obligations to Turgot, 203; on the Indian supervisorship and the Wealth of Nations,
Life of Adam Smith Rae, John, 1845-1915 1895
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He had been but a year in the Excise employment, when, through the renewed kindness of Mr. Graham of Fintray, there seemed a near prospect of his being promoted to a supervisorship, which would have given him an income of 200_l. _ a year.
Robert Burns John Campbell Shairp 1852
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This new supervisorship is to be, as it were, the key-stone of the arch, and to keep all the parts connected.
Paris as It Was and as It Is Francis W. Blagdon 1798
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T am not yet employed as such, but in a few years I shall fall into the file of supervisorship by seniority.
The Letters of Robert Burns Robert Burns 1777
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a few years I shall fall into the file of supervisorship by seniority.
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