intendance

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"Tiens! not far from the front, don't know where exactly, where there's an ambulance clearing-station and a sous-intendance--I met the reptile there The wind, as it passed over us, tossed him the question, "What was it At that moment there was a lull, and the weather allowed Volpatte to talk after a fashion.

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  1. noun The function of an intendant; management.
  2. noun An administrative office or district.

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  • Many and deep were the curses poured out upon the intendance--or commissariat--whose utter incompetence, throughout the war, was one of the great reasons of the continuous bad fortune of the French When Ralph entered the room, he was saluted by a variety of voices. —  The Young Franc Tireurs And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War
  • "Tiens! not far from the front, don't know where exactly, where there's an ambulance clearing-station and a sous-intendance--I met the reptile there The wind, as it passed over us, tossed him the question, "What was it At that moment there was a lull, and the weather allowed Volpatte to talk after a fashion. —  Under Fire: the story of a squad
  • The eyes of the stranger lighted on her, and his voice laughed in mellow music to his companions and ciceroni Your intendance is perfect; your ambulance is perfect; your camp-cookery is perfect, messieurs; and here you have even perfect beauty, too! —  Under Two Flags
  • There was yet an hour before I was to go to the intendance. —  The Seats of the Mighty, Volume 1
  • "The mad go everywhere," he answered, "even to the intendance!" —  The Seats of the Mighty, Volume 2
 

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  1. from Middle English entendaunce, from Old French (and F.) intendance = Spanish Portuguese intendencia = Italian intendenza; as intend + -ance.
 

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/ɪnˈtɛndəns/
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