Supervisor
Alternative forms
- supervisour obsolete
Origin
Attested since the 15th Century CE; from Latin supervisor, from supervideÅ, in turn from Latin super + Latin videÅ.
Full definition of supervisor
Noun
supervisor
(plural supervisors)- (management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group.
- A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
- (US) In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.