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Definition of Director
1. Noun. Someone who controls resources and expenditures.
Generic synonyms: Administrator, Decision Maker
Specialized synonyms: Bank Manager, District Manager, Manageress
Derivative terms: Direct, Directorship, Manage, Managerial, Managership
2. Noun. Member of a board of directors.
3. Noun. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show.
Specialized synonyms: Stage Director
Generic synonyms: Supervisor
Specialized synonyms: Granville-barker, Harley Granville-barker, Elia Kazan, Elia Kazanjoglous, Kazan, Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev, Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky, Konstantin Stanislavsky, Stanislavsky
Derivative terms: Direct
4. Noun. The person who directs the making of a film.
Generic synonyms: Film Maker, Film Producer, Filmmaker, Movie Maker
Specialized synonyms: Bergman, Ingmar Bergman, Bunuel, Luis Bunuel, Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, Hitchcock, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Israel Strassberg, Lee Strasberg, Strasberg
5. Noun. The person who leads a musical group.
Specialized synonyms: Bandleader, Bandmaster, Drum Major, Drum Majorette, Majorette
Generic synonyms: Musician
Specialized synonyms: Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein, Benjamin Britten, Britten, Edward Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten Of Aldeburgh, Arthur Fiedler, Fiedler, Hindemith, Paul Hindemith, Koussevitzky, Serge Koussevitzky, Sergei Aleksandrovich Koussevitzky, Constant Lambert, Lambert, Leonard Constant Lambert, Gustav Mahler, Mahler, Eugene Ormandy, Ormandy, Ozawa, Seiji Ozawa, Leopold Antoni Stanislaw Stokowski, Leopold Stokowski, Stokowski, George Szell, Szell, Arturo Toscanini, Toscanini, Bruno Walter, Walter, Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst Von Weber, Carl Maria Von Weber, Weber, Sir Henry Joseph Wood, Sir Henry Wood, Wood
Derivative terms: Conduct, Direct
Definition of Director
1. n. One who, or that which, directs; one who regulates, guides, or orders; a manager or superintendent.
Definition of Director
1. Noun. One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., ''director of engineering''), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., ''film director''). ¹
2. Noun. A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time. ¹
3. Noun. (chemistry) The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Director
1. one that directs [n -S] - See also: directs
Medical Definition of Director
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1. One who, or that which, directs; one who regulates, guides, or orders; a manager or superintendent. "In all affairs thou sole director." (Swift)
2. One of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a company or corporation; as, the directors of a bank, insurance company, or railroad company. "What made directors cheat in South-Sea year?" (Pope)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Director
Literary usage of Director
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by International Railway Congress Association (1901)
"W. Lowther, director : A. Fletcher, director ; • RALPH Brocklebank. director ; F.
Harrison*, general manager (membre de la Commission internationale du • F. ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"THE director OF THE MELLON INSTITUTE ANNOUNCEMENT has been made by the board ...
Mr. Weidlein has been acting director since the recent resignation of Dr. ..."
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