English Dictionary

overseer

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈəʊvəˌsiːə(ɹ)/

名詞

歴史的 廃用

(historical) The manager of a plantation of slaves. / (historical) An officer responsible for the care of the poor, making out lists of voters and those who had not paid taxes, etc.

日本語の意味

奴隷プランテーションの管理者として、奴隷の監督や労働の統括を行う者 / 歴史的に、貧困層の管理や納税状況のチェック、選挙人名簿の作成などの職務を担っていた官吏

The overseer paced along the cotton rows, watching the enslaved workers as they picked the bolls.

その奴隷制度下のプランテーションの管理者は綿の列を歩き、綿花を摘む奴隷として働く人々を見張っていた。

意味（1）

(historical) The manager of a plantation of slaves.

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.

意味（2）

(historical) An officer responsible for the care of the poor, making out lists of voters and those who had not paid taxes, etc.

意味（3）

(obsolete) A critic.

overseers （ plural ）