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   Di·rec·tor

   /dəˈrektər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person who is in charge of an activity, department, or organization: "he has been appointed finance director"
   • ▪ a member of the board of people that manages or oversees the affairs of a business. Similar administratormanagerchairmanchairwomanchairpersonchairheadchiefbossprincipalleadergovernorpresidentpremiermanaging directorMDchief executiveCEOsuperintendentsupervisorcontrolleroverseerorganizermember of the boardinformal:kingpintop dogbigwigbig cheesegafferhonchohead honchonumero unoMister Bigbig wheel
   • ▪ a person who supervises the actors, camera crew, and other staff for a movie, play, television program, or similar production. Similar supervisorcontrollerregisseurproducerauteurchoreographer
   • ▪ short for musical director

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French directour, from late Latin director ‘governor’, from dirigere ‘to guide’.

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