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单词 convict overseer
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Definition of convict overseer in English:

convict overseer

noun
Australian historical
  • A convict appointed to supervise labouring prisoners.

    they do their work guarded by a convict overseer and an armed soldier
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A convict overseer was hard on a sickly convict.
    • He had written to the convict overseer of an iron gang.
    • At the first sight of the convict overseer, Miller felt the coldness of contempt and revulsion rising within him.
    • A retired officer and his convict overseer went into the bush to meet with the aborigines.
    • He'd had been chosen as a convict overseer because he could speak English 'and the native languages'.
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