Definitions for overseers

overseers o·ver·se·er

Spelling: [oh-ver-see-er, -seer]
IPA: /ˈoʊ vərˌsi ər, -ˌsɪər/

Overseers is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 128 anagrams from letters in overseers (eeeorrssv).

Definitions for overseers

noun

  1. a person who oversees; supervisor; manager:

Origin of overseers

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at oversee, -er1

Examples for overseers

Or ought this science to be the overseer and governor of all the others?

Don't she boss him round like the overseer on a cranberry swamp?

The overseer bade him go to the devil, and get out of the plantation.

Once an overseer challenged him, demanding to know his business.

So I took her in, and the overseer said I was welcome to her.

When a Kaffir strikes a diamond, he gets a commission, and so does his overseer.

"Let the men rest and thank the gods," he said to his overseer.

Where would be the use of farming the land by help of such an overseer?

The slaves sat round an overseer who shook the dozing and nudged the slow.

She was the overseer's cross; no one could help him bear it.

Word Value for overseers
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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