Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Intendant

Intendant , noun

[French intendant, from Latin intendere to direct (one's thoughts) to a thing. See Intend.]

One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent; as, an intendant of marine; an intendant of finance.

Intendant , adjective

[See Intend.]

Attentive. [Obsolete]