'Director' definitions:
Definition of 'director'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who controls resources and expenditures [syn: director, manager, managing director]
noun
Member of a board of directors
noun
Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show [syn: director, theater director, theatre director]
noun
The person who directs the making of a film [syn: film director, director]
noun
The person who leads a musical group [syn: conductor, music director, director]
Definition of 'Director'
From: 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]
Words containing 'Director'
- Directorate,
- Hand director,
- Stage director,
- art director,
- board of directors,
- director of research,
- executive director,
- film director,
- funeral director,
- managing director,
- music director,
- research director,
- security director,
- theater director,
- theatre director,
- director of central intelligence,
- staggered board of directors,
- Guinea-pig director,
- director-stockholder relation,
- directorate for inter-services intelligence