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Director

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Noun

1. director, manager, managing director

someone who controls resources and expenditures

2. director

member of a board of directors

3. director, theater director, theatre director

someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show

4. director, film director

the person who directs the making of a film

5. conductor, director, music director

the person who leads a musical group

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Director

see synonyms of director
noun
1. 
a person or thing that directs, controls, or regulates
2. 
a member of the governing board of a business concern who may or may not have an executive function
3. 
a person who directs the affairs of an institution, trust, educational programme, etc
4. 
the person responsible for the artistic and technical aspects of making a film or television programme
Compare producer (sense 4)
5. music another word (esp US) for conductor (sense 2)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Director

see synonyms of director
noun
a person or thing that directs or controls
; specif.,
a. 
the head of a project, bureau, school, etc.; supervisor
b. 
a member of a board chosen to direct the affairs of a corporation or institution
c.  US
a person who directs a play, film, etc.
d.  Music
a conductor

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Director

see synonyms of director
n.
1. One that supervises, controls, or manages.
2. A member of a group of persons chosen to control or govern the affairs of an institution or corporation.
3. A person who supervises the creative aspects of a dramatic production or film and instructs the actors and crew.
4. The conductor of an orchestra or chorus.
5. An electronic device that continually calculates and displays information used for firing weapons at moving targets, such as missiles or aircraft.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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