Definition of intendant in English:

intendant

noun ɪnˈtɛnd(ə)ntɪnˈtɛndənt

1The administrator of an opera house or theatre.
歌剧院（或剧场）管理人
Example sentencesExamples
- Strauss devised his music for Enoch Arden to strengthen his Munich position with Ernst von Possart, intendant of the Court Theatre.
- Soon all but two of the East German theatre intendants will be gone, and only West German intendants will remain.
- The current intendant, Sir Peter Jonas, was originally to be replaced by Christoph Albrecht.
- In his memoirs, Drummond took McMaster to task for not making more of an impact with opera, given that he is ‘one of the most gifted opera intendants of our time’.
- Peter Ruzicka, the new intendant of the festival, threatens to revive it for 2006, the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth.
2historical A title given to a high-ranking official or administrator, especially in France, Spain, Portugal, or one of their colonies.
〈主史〉（尤指法国、西班牙、葡萄牙或其殖民地的）高级行政长官
Example sentencesExamples
- Joseph established a uniform central administration modelled on France, and divided his kingdom into 14 provinces, run by intendants.
- Moreover despite official regulations stipulating that intendants should not spend more than three years in one generality, or be sent to their own regions, these rules were regularly flouted.
- Colonies were under the control of governors and officials called intendants without the interference of representative bodies.
- To centralize the administration, an intendant was put in charge of each province, and in 1717 the executive bureaus of the government were reorganized.

Derivatives

intendancy

noun ɪnˈtɛnd(ə)nsiɪnˈtɛnd(ə)nsi

Louis XIV could do more than most of his contemporaries, particularly after the consolidation of the national intendancy in the 1690s had created a central government machinery entirely under its own control.
Example sentencesExamples
- By shining there they could legitimately hope to be appointed to one of the 34 intendancies, which were always filled from their ranks.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French, from Latin intendere 'to direct' (see intend).

Rhymes

appendant, ascendant, attendant, codependent, defendant, descendant, descendent, interdependent, pendant, pendent, splendent, superintendent, transcendent

Definition of intendant in US English:

intendant

nouninˈtendəntɪnˈtɛndənt

1The administrator of an opera house or theater.
歌剧院（或剧场）管理人
Example sentencesExamples
- The current intendant, Sir Peter Jonas, was originally to be replaced by Christoph Albrecht.
- Strauss devised his music for Enoch Arden to strengthen his Munich position with Ernst von Possart, intendant of the Court Theatre.
- In his memoirs, Drummond took McMaster to task for not making more of an impact with opera, given that he is ‘one of the most gifted opera intendants of our time’.
- Peter Ruzicka, the new intendant of the festival, threatens to revive it for 2006, the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth.
- Soon all but two of the East German theatre intendants will be gone, and only West German intendants will remain.
2historical A title given to a high-ranking official or administrator, especially in France, Spain, Portugal, or one of their colonies.
〈主史〉（尤指法国、西班牙、葡萄牙或其殖民地的）高级行政长官
Example sentencesExamples
- To centralize the administration, an intendant was put in charge of each province, and in 1717 the executive bureaus of the government were reorganized.
- Moreover despite official regulations stipulating that intendants should not spend more than three years in one generality, or be sent to their own regions, these rules were regularly flouted.
- Joseph established a uniform central administration modelled on France, and divided his kingdom into 14 provinces, run by intendants.
- Colonies were under the control of governors and officials called intendants without the interference of representative bodies.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French, from Latin intendere ‘to direct’ (see intend).

单词	intendant
释义	Definition of intendant in English: intendant noun ɪnˈtɛnd(ə)ntɪnˈtɛndənt 1The administrator of an opera house or theatre. 歌剧院（或剧场）管理人 Example sentencesExamples Strauss devised his music for Enoch Arden to strengthen his Munich position with Ernst von Possart, intendant of the Court Theatre. Soon all but two of the East German theatre intendants will be gone, and only West German intendants will remain. The current intendant, Sir Peter Jonas, was originally to be replaced by Christoph Albrecht. In his memoirs, Drummond took McMaster to task for not making more of an impact with opera, given that he is ‘one of the most gifted opera intendants of our time’. Peter Ruzicka, the new intendant of the festival, threatens to revive it for 2006, the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth. 2historical A title given to a high-ranking official or administrator, especially in France, Spain, Portugal, or one of their colonies. 〈主史〉（尤指法国、西班牙、葡萄牙或其殖民地的）高级行政长官 Example sentencesExamples Joseph established a uniform central administration modelled on France, and divided his kingdom into 14 provinces, run by intendants. Moreover despite official regulations stipulating that intendants should not spend more than three years in one generality, or be sent to their own regions, these rules were regularly flouted. Colonies were under the control of governors and officials called intendants without the interference of representative bodies. To centralize the administration, an intendant was put in charge of each province, and in 1717 the executive bureaus of the government were reorganized. Derivatives intendancy noun ɪnˈtɛnd(ə)nsiɪnˈtɛnd(ə)nsi Louis XIV could do more than most of his contemporaries, particularly after the consolidation of the national intendancy in the 1690s had created a central government machinery entirely under its own control. Example sentencesExamples By shining there they could legitimately hope to be appointed to one of the 34 intendancies, which were always filled from their ranks. Origin Mid 17th century: from French, from Latin intendere 'to direct' (see intend). Rhymes appendant, ascendant, attendant, codependent, defendant, descendant, descendent, interdependent, pendant, pendent, splendent, superintendent, transcendent Definition of intendant in US English: intendant nouninˈtendəntɪnˈtɛndənt 1The administrator of an opera house or theater. 歌剧院（或剧场）管理人 Example sentencesExamples The current intendant, Sir Peter Jonas, was originally to be replaced by Christoph Albrecht. Strauss devised his music for Enoch Arden to strengthen his Munich position with Ernst von Possart, intendant of the Court Theatre. In his memoirs, Drummond took McMaster to task for not making more of an impact with opera, given that he is ‘one of the most gifted opera intendants of our time’. Peter Ruzicka, the new intendant of the festival, threatens to revive it for 2006, the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth. Soon all but two of the East German theatre intendants will be gone, and only West German intendants will remain. 2historical A title given to a high-ranking official or administrator, especially in France, Spain, Portugal, or one of their colonies. 〈主史〉（尤指法国、西班牙、葡萄牙或其殖民地的）高级行政长官 Example sentencesExamples To centralize the administration, an intendant was put in charge of each province, and in 1717 the executive bureaus of the government were reorganized. Moreover despite official regulations stipulating that intendants should not spend more than three years in one generality, or be sent to their own regions, these rules were regularly flouted. Joseph established a uniform central administration modelled on France, and divided his kingdom into 14 provinces, run by intendants. Colonies were under the control of governors and officials called intendants without the interference of representative bodies. Origin Mid 17th century: from French, from Latin intendere ‘to direct’ (see intend).
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