overlooker

British  

/ ˈəʊvəˌlʊkə /

noun

1. another word (less common) for overseer

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Example Sentences

I don't want to be made supervisor of mad-houses, or overlooker of light-ships.

From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. by Lever, Charles James

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 The Orange Fairy Book by Various

The overlooker made everybody clean up and wash de children up and after the praying we had games.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives by Work Projects Administration

We had a Negro overlooker who was my stepdaddy.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives by Work Projects Administration

"Why, to judge from all the whispers we hear," the overlooker commented, "we are like enough to get our backs well hazelled before long."

From With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne by Strang, Herbert