Associations to the word «Intendant»

Wiktionary

INTENDANT, noun. (dated) One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent.
INTENDANT, noun. An administrator in certain countries in Latin America
INTENDANT, noun. (historical) An administrator serving the king or queen in France, Spain or Portugal.
INTENDANT, adjective. (obsolete) attentive

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats