di·rec·tor
/diˈrektər/
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. synonyms administrator, manager, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, ... morechair, head, chief, boss, principal, leader, governor, president, premier, managing director, MD, chief executive, CEO, superintendent, supervisor, controller, overseer, organizer, member of the board, informal:kingpin, top dog, gaffer, bigwig, big cheese, honcho, head honcho, numero uno, Mister Big, big wheel
- ▪ a person who supervises the actors, camera crew, and other staff for a movie, play, television program, or similar production. synonyms supervisor, controller, regisseur, producer, auteur, ... morechoreographer
- ▪ 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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di·rec·tor
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noun
- 1. a person who is in charge of an activity, department, or organization: "he has been appointed finance director"
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