Definition of "intendant" [in•tend•ant]

• An administrative official serving a French, Spanish, or Portuguese monarch. (noun)
• A district administrator in some countries of Latin America. (noun)

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• "In this policy the intendant was the royal man-of-all-work."
• "The nominal head, called the intendant, was a high military officer who had a sufficient detail of majors, captains and lower officers to assist him in maintaining discipline."
• "We had a quick look around and again talked with the "intendant","