The slave doesn't want to be free. He wants to become an overseer.
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Overseer
//ˈəʊvəˌsiːə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "overseer" (53 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (26)
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7 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- ἐπίσκοπος noun (one who oversees)
- ἐπόπτης noun (one who oversees)
- ἔφορος noun (one who oversees)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- nəzarətçi noun (one who oversees)
Bulgarian
1 entries- надзирател noun (one who oversees)
Czech
1 entries- dozorce noun (one who oversees)
Danish
1 entries- opsynsmand noun (one who oversees)
Dutch
1 entries- opzichter noun (one who oversees)
Egyptian
1 entries- m-r:H_SPACE noun (one who oversees)
Finnish
2 entries- työnjohtaja noun (one who oversees)
- valvoja noun (one who oversees)
French
2 entries- chef noun (one who oversees)
- contremaître noun (one who oversees)
Georgian
1 entries- ზედამხედველი noun (one who oversees)
German
2 entries- Aufseher noun (one who oversees)
- Aufseherin noun (one who oversees)
Greek
4 entries- επιστάτης noun (one who oversees)
- επιτηρητής noun (one who oversees)
- επόπτης noun (one who oversees)
- εργοδηγός noun (one who oversees)
Hindi
1 entries- पर्यवेक्षक noun (one who oversees)
Irish
2 entries- feighlí noun (one who oversees)
- maor noun (one who oversees)
Italian
4 entries- capoccia noun (one who oversees)
- curatore noun (one who oversees)
- ispettore noun (one who oversees)
- organizzatore noun (one who oversees)
Latin
4 entries- curator noun (one who oversees)
- curatrix noun (one who oversees)
- praefectus noun (one who oversees)
- praepositus noun (one who oversees)
Macedonian
3 entries- на́дзирач noun (one who oversees)
- на́дзорник noun (one who oversees)
- надгле́дувач noun (one who oversees)
Persian
1 entries- سرپرست noun (one who oversees)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Äwasechta noun (one who oversees)
Polish
1 entries- nadzorca noun (one who oversees)
Portuguese
1 entries- feitor noun (one who oversees)
Romanian
1 entries- supervizor noun (one who oversees)
Russian
4 entries- надзира́тель noun (one who oversees)
- надзира́тельница noun (one who oversees)
- надсмо́трщик noun (one who oversees)
- надсмо́трщица noun (one who oversees)
Sikkimese
1 entries- སྐུལ་མཁན noun (one who oversees)
Spanish
4 entries- capataz noun (one who oversees)
- caporal noun (one who oversees)
- caporalista noun (one who oversees)
- sobrestante noun (one who oversees)
Swahili
1 entries- msimamizi noun (one who oversees)
Swedish
1 entries- förman noun (one who oversees)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
It is often deemed advisable to knock a man slave down, in order to tie him, but it is considered cowardly and inexcusable, in an overseer, thus to deal with a woman.
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