superintendent

directeur, responsable

Personne chargée de diriger et de surveiller un lieu, une organisation ou une activité.

En anglais simple : A person whose job is to manage and oversee a place, organization, or activity.

• The superintendent manages the building.
• Our school superintendent hired three new teachers.
• Residents asked the superintendent to repair the heating.

Comment l'utiliser : superintendent of something (She became superintendent of the school district.)

Synonymes : supervisor, manager, administrator

Expressions courantes : school superintendent, building superintendent, superintendent of something

commissaire de police

Officier de police d’un grade supérieur à celui d’inspecteur en chef en Grande-Bretagne et dans certains autres pays.

En anglais simple : A senior police officer ranked above a chief inspector in Britain and some other countries.

• The superintendent spoke to reporters.
• She was promoted to superintendent last year.
• Two superintendents attended the police meeting.

Expressions courantes : police superintendent, detective superintendent, chief superintendent