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director

/dɪˈɹɛk.tɚ/

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What does director mean?

noun

  1. 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).
  2. A member of a board of directors.
  3. A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
More meanings (4)

noun

  1. That which directs or orientates something.
  2. A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
  3. The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.
  4. A component of a Yagi–Uda antenna.

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IPA pronunciation

/dɪˈɹɛk.tɚ/

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/daɪˈɹɛk.tɚ/
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The first speaker on this occasion was Major Elphinstone, who had been the director of the gunpowder factories during the war.
Jules VerneFrom the Earth to the moon; and, round the moonProject Gutenberg ebook #83
At the end of my first year as director general I had not made one-tenth the progress I had hoped for.
James J. (James John) DavisThe Iron Puddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and What Came of ItProject Gutenberg ebook #1297
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As vice-president and director in one of the banks organized largely by the family's capital, he was free to follow his impulses.
Robert S. (Robert Sproul) CarrollOur Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of NervousnessProject Gutenberg ebook #5994
A club of necktie workers formerly meeting at Hull-House persistently resented any attempt on the part of their director to improve their minds.
Jane AddamsTwenty Years at Hull House; with Autobiographical NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #1325
This, if a fistula is present, may be best done with a blunt-pointed bistoury, or with a cannulated director and a scalpel.
H. Caulton (Harry Caulton) ReeksDiseases of the Horse's FootProject Gutenberg ebook #11204