Director

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Director \Di*rect"or\, n. [Cf. F. directeur.]
     1. One who, or that which, directs; one who regulates,
        guides, or orders; a manager or superintendent.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              In all affairs thou sole director.    --Swift.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              What made directors cheat in South-Sea year? --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Mech.) A part of a machine or instrument which directs
        its motion or action.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  director
       n 1: someone who controls resources and expenditures [syn: {manager},
             {managing director}]
       2: member of a board of directors
       3: someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in
          the production of a show [syn: {theater director}, {theatre
          director}]
       4: the person who leads a musical group [syn: {conductor}, {music
          director}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  94 Moby Thesaurus words for "director":
     Kapellmeister, MC, 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,
     king, kingpin, leader, little businessman, maestro, magnate,
     makeup man, man of commerce, manager, master, master of ceremonies,
     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