"oversighter" meaning in English

See oversighter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: oversighters [plural]
Etymology: oversight + -er Etymology templates: {{suf|en|oversight|er}} oversight + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} oversighter (plural oversighters)
  1. A person having oversight; an overseer or supervisor.
    Sense id: en-oversighter-en-noun-kT9pEAtT
  2. (Wikimedia jargon) A user with special wiki privileges allowing them to hide deleted data from the publicly viewable logs. Categories (topical): Wiki
    Sense id: en-oversighter-en-noun-59pWDbA- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 41 59

Inflected forms

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