Meaning & use
Intendant
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An official who manages or supervises a particular department, especially in historical French or Spanish colonial administration.
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The intendant oversaw tax collection and public works in the province.
Under the Bourbon reforms, intendants were sent to administer colonial territories.
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The title "intendant" was widely used in the French monarchy and its colonies, and similar roles spread to Spanish America.
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