"surveillant" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more surveillant [comparative], most surveillant [superlative]
Etymology: French Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|-}} French Head templates: {{en-adj}} surveillant (comparative more surveillant, superlative most surveillant)
  1. overseeing; watchful
    Sense id: en-surveillant-en-adj-UnmexiTl

Noun

Forms: surveillants [plural]
Etymology: French Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|-}} French Head templates: {{en-noun}} surveillant (plural surveillants)
  1. One who watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a supervisor. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-surveillant-en-noun-~GJOcV4l Disambiguation of People: 1 99 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 61 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 39 61

Inflected forms

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