# intendant

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #73,300

## Definitions
1. The administrator of an opera house or theater.
2. One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent.
3. A governor in various specific contexts, including certain South American countries, and historically in the kingdoms of Spain, Portugal, and France, and in imperial China.

## Etymology
Originally and usually from French intendant, but translating Spanish or Chinese equivalents in some contexts.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/intendant