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| Dorothea Dix |
U.S. social activist, reformer, and Union army Superintendent of Women Nurses, who worked to improve prison conditions and to provide asylums for the mentally ill (b.1802--d.1887). |
| intendant |
a government manager or superintendent of some public operation or office. |
| super |
a short form of superintendent when it means the person who takes care of a building. [1/2 definitions] |
| superintendency |
the office or work of a superintendent. [1/2 definitions] |
| Supt. |
abbreviation of "Superintendent," one who supervises or administers an institution, area, job, or the like. [2 definitions] |
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