1. One having authority over others; a manager or overseer. • Under the National Labor Relations Act, a supervisor is any individual having authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, discipline, and handle grievances of other employees, by exercising independent judgment.
2. The chief administrative officer of a town or county. [Cases: Counties 41. C.J.S. Counties § 64.] — supervisorial (soo-p[schwa]r-vI-zor-ee-[schwa]l), adj.
