intendant noun. [ɪn'tɛnd(ǝ)nt] Also intendent. M17.
[French, from Latin intendent- pres. ppl stem of intendere: see INTEND, -ANT¹.]
1. Chiefly as the title of certain officials: a superintendent, a director; esp. (in 17th- and 18th-cent. France) any of certain agents of the King appointed to supervise the administration of justice, finance, etc., in the provinces on behalf of central government. M17.
intendant-general a chief intendant.
■ Evelyn Sir Christopher Wren, his Majesties Surveyor and Intendent of his Buildings.

2. The administrator of an opera-house or theatre. Also, a musical director, a conductor. L19.

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