overseer
n. See quotes.
See also: reeve
- 1954  A couple of men I half expected to see laid low with the financial jitters were Oliver Onerheim, the reeve of the municipality, and Louis Anderson, the overseer of the village.
- 1960  In a city, the executive is the city council, headed by the mayor; in a county, the county council headed by a warden; in a township, the township council headed by a reeve or an overseer.