noun, masculine/feminine/intenˈdente/plural: intendentes
manager, supervisor (a person whose job is to manage a business); intendant (a high-ranking local administrator in the Spanish Empire); quartermaster general; ellipsis of intendente municipal (“mayor or county administrator”); governor, intendant (the leader of a region)
Synonyms: gerente, director, intendente municipal, alcalde, intendente departamental
Borrowed from French intendant, introduced by the common Bourbon dynasty for various functions.