overseer Copy link Outline 1. cūrātor (he who takes charge of2. praeses, ĭdis (esp. the o. or governor of a province)3. custos, ōdis, c. • overseer: 1. cūrātor (he who takes charge of: gen. term): o. of the Flaminian highway, c. viae Flaminiae, Cic. Att. 1, 1: o. for the repairing of the walls, c. muris reficiendis, id. Opt. Gen. 7, 19. 2. praeses, ĭdis (esp. the o. or governor of a province): Suet. Aug. 23: Dig. 3. custos, ōdis, c.: v. keeper. To be o. of, praeesse, praepositum esse alicui rei: v. head (VII., Phr.).