overseer

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This guy is not a lawyer, but the overseer of the lawyers.

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a person who directs and manages an organization

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noun

a person who directs and manages an organization

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for overseer.

noun

a person who directs and manages an organization

Example sentences

This guy is not a lawyer, but the overseer of the lawyers.

My favourite part is half-time, when the flame-war overseer yells "Change Places!

The manager still has some power and influence, but the role is more like a graduate advisor than an overseer.

I hope that in order for an overseer to put the kibosh on a comment he or she will have to enter an explanation.

It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.

The word "overseer" still pretty much only refers to the middle-managers of slave plantations.

I seriously doubt anyone with real programming chops would be happy being an overseer rather than an architect.

I prefer the insecurity of liberty to the security of having an overseer.

Two seasoned pilots that were in the cockpit didn't fully realize what was happening - there's no guarantee a remote overseer dealing with incomplete and inconsistent data would have either.

Pretty sure RMS would dislike the description:"Linus Torvalds, the principal force behind development of the Linux kernel and overseer of open source development for the Linux operating system"

> governments are ultimately the overseers that permit networking infrastructure comprising the internet to be built...society depends on accountabilityThere are two conflicting thoughts here.