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intendant † [< F] 
n. the head of the civil administration in New France.
- 1711 (1920) And as you turn up, at ye Intendants, there is a Gate and a little above yt Gate is three Guns west, & a small Clockhouse upon ye works.
- 1857 The gentlemen who have the management of the Police and the civil power, meet here, and the Intendant generally presides.
- 1904 The Intendant in New France was a kind of business manager for the King, a combined Minister of Finance, Justice and Police, the most important man in the colony, next to the governor, upon whom, to tell the truth, he was a spy, or at least a check.
- 1962 The first came from Jacques de Meulles, Intendant of New France, in 1686.
- 1711 (1920) And as you turn up, at ye Intendants, there is a Gate and a little above yt Gate is three Guns west, & a small Clockhouse upon ye works.