overlooker
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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After getting jobs at the factory, he says "they met up in Hut 42, where the explosion happened", but crucially, a month before the disaster, "Grandma was upgraded to overlooker and was moved to an adjacent block".
From BBC
And the overlooker answered: ‘To reach the daughters of the knight of Grianaig you must get into this basket, and be drawn by a rope up the face of this rock.’
From Project Gutenberg
Miss —— ——, manager—'has been ten years a "first hand," which signifies the party who takes the superintendence of the business, as overlooker of the young persons, cutter-out of the work, &c.
From Project Gutenberg
He made my uncle Freeman overlooker.
From Project Gutenberg
I don't want to be made supervisor of mad-houses, or overlooker of light-ships.
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