intendant
Regional government official
An intendant is an administrative official, especially one appointed by a central government to oversee a province or territory.
The term is most associated with French colonial administration and the ancien régime, where intendants wielded considerable power over finance, justice, and public order: The intendant collected taxes and enforced royal decrees throughout the province.
Royal household administrator
- seneschalMedieval lord's chief administrator
- majordomoChief steward of household
- stewardManager for another
- chancellorSenior administrative official
treasurer · marshal · almoner · herald · page · secretary · attendant · courtier
Manager for another
- bailiffLegal proceeding overseer
- overseerOne who monitors work
- managerOne who directs others
- groundskeeperProperty maintenance worker
caretaker · custodian · housekeeper · butler · supervisor · property · land · accounts
State's chief executive
- administratorPerson who manages operations
- viceroyRoyal colonial governor
- commissionerAppointed agency leader
- colonialOf occupied territories
province · territory · jurisdiction · New France · Louisiana · Quebec · magistrate · decree
Person who manages operations
- officialAuthority-sanctioned person or status
- functionaryMinor administrative worker
- clerkOffice record-keeper
- registrarKeeper of official records
comptroller · auditor · inspector · director · officer · secretary · coordinator · appointee
chamberlain
Royal household administrator
- seneschalMedieval lord's chief administrator
- majordomoChief steward of household
- stewardManager for another
chancellor · treasurer · marshal · almoner · herald · page · secretary · attendant · courtier · household
steward
Manager for another
groundskeeper · caretaker · custodian · housekeeper · butler · supervisor · property · land · accounts · tenant
governor
State's chief executive
- administratorPerson who manages operations
- viceroyRoyal colonial governor
- commissionerAppointed agency leader
colonial · province · territory · jurisdiction · New France · Louisiana · Quebec · magistrate · decree · ordinance
administrator
Person who manages operations
- officialAuthority-sanctioned person or status
- functionaryMinor administrative worker
- clerkOffice record-keeper
registrar · comptroller · auditor · inspector · director · officer · secretary · coordinator · appointee · deputy
- governorsstate governor, viceroy, governor's office, lieutenant governor, proconsul
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
- Bourbon FranceVersailles, the Sun King, Louis XV, Colbert, Edict of Nantes
- colonial officialsviceroy, governor-general, colonial administrator, colonial governor, high commissioner
- historical officialspraetor, consul, censor, tribune, prefect
- municipal officialsmayor, councillor, city manager, city clerk, city council member
intendantelected official
Voter-chosen public servant
elected representative · tribune · assemblyman · councillor · alderman
intend, intent, intention, intended, superintendent, intending, superintendents, superintendency