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Director

Director Meaning & Definition
Director Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Director?

[n] the person who leads a musical group
[n] someone who controls resources and expenditures
[n] someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
[n] member of a board of directors

Synonyms | Synonyms for Director: conductor | manager | managing director | music director | theater director | theatre director

Related Terms | Find terms related to Director: administrator | auteur | ballyhoo man | band leader | band major | bandmaster | banker | barker | baron | big boss | big businessman | big cheese | boss | business leader | businessman | callboy | captain | captain of industry | castellan | chairman | chatelain | chatelaine | chief | cicerone | commandant | commander | conductor | costume designer | costumer | costumier | drum major | emcee | enterpriser | entrepreneur | equestrian director | executive | exhibitor | financier | foreman | gaffer | governor | guide | head | headman | helmsman | impresario | industrialist | intendant | Kapellmeister | king | kingpin | leader | little businessman | maestro | magnate | makeup man | man of commerce | manager | master | master of ceremonies | MC | number one | official | orchestra leader | overseer | pilot | playreader | president | principal | producer | prompter | ringmaster | ruler | scenewright | set designer | showman | skipper | spieler | stage director | stage manager | steersman | superintendent | supervisor | symphonic conductor | theater man | theatrician | ticket collector | top dog | top executive | tycoon | usher | usherer | usherette | vice-president

See Also | administrator | Arthur Fiedler | Arturo Toscanini | bandleader | bandmaster | bank manager | Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber | Benjamin Britten | Bernstein | board | Britten | Bruno Walter | Carl Maria von Weber | committee member | Constant Lambert | decision maker | district manager | drum major | drum majorette | Edward Benjamin Britten | Eugene Ormandy | Fiedler | film director | George Szell | Granville-Barker | Gustav Mahler | Harley Granville-Barker | Hindemith | Konstantin Sergeevich Stanislavsky | Konstantin Sergevich Alekseev | Konstantin Stanislavsky | Koussevitzky | Lambert | Leonard Bernstein | Leonard Constant Lambert | Leopold Antoni Stanislaw Stokowski | Leopold Stokowski | Lord Britten of Aldeburgh | Mahler | manageress | musician | Ormandy | Ozawa | Paul Hindemith | Seiji Ozawa | Serge Koussevitzky | Sergei Aleksandrovich Koussevitzky | Sir Henry Joseph Wood | Sir Henry Wood | stage director | Stanislavsky | Stokowski | supervisor | Szell | Toscanini | Walter | Weber | Wood

Director In Webster's Dictionary

\Di*rect"or\, n. [Cf. F. directeur.] 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. 3. (Mech.) A part of a machine or instrument which directs its motion or action. 4. (Surg.) A slender grooved instrument upon which a knife is made to slide when it is wished to limit the extent of motion of the latter, or prevent its injuring the parts beneath.

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