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Intendants

Scope note

Use generally for high-ranking public officers having the charge, direction, or superintendence of a town or province, a public business, or the household of a prince or noble. Use specifically for administrative officials of that title under the ancien regime in France, in French, Spanish, and Portuguese colonies, and in some South American countries, serving either as governors or as seconds in authority to governors.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000250835

Broader Terms used

public officers

Equivalent Terms used

intendant
intendant's
intendants'

Created

13yrs ago

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