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# overseer

«overseer» in Mova's school dictionary: **to watch over workers, see that they do their work, and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (plural overseers)

### meaning for a pupil

A person whose job is to watch over workers, see that they do their work, and give them orders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overseer/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a king or a master's helper who runs the workers and the business for him; the mint has an overseer who makes the coins

### examples

- The overseer of the mint struck coins for me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overseer/#x1)
- The rulers of hell laid hands upon the overseer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overseer/#x2)
- I would make him overseer of all my business. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overseer/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And he appointed him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1252/)
- [Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.147/)
- [And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.329/)
- [And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.401/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «overseer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overseer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.