Definition of convict overseer in English:

convict overseer

noun

Australian historical

词汇	convict overseer
释义	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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