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noun
1.
a person or thing that directs.
2.
one of a group of persons chosen to control or govern the affairs of a company or corporation: a board of directors.
3.
the person responsible for the interpretive aspects of a stage, film, or television production; the person who supervises the integration of all the elements, as acting, staging, and lighting, required to realize the writer's conception. Compare producer (def. 3).
4.
the musical conductor of an orchestra, chorus, etc.
5.
EXPANDthe manager or chief executive of certain schools, institutes, government bureaus, etc.
6.
COLLAPSEMilitary. a mechanical or electronic device that continuously calculates firing data for use against an airplane or other moving target.
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Word Origin & History
director
late 15c., from Anglo-Fr. directour, Fr. directeur, agent noun from L. dirigere (see direct). Corporate sense is from 1630s; theatrical sense from 1911.
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Medical Dictionary
director di·rec·tor (dĭ-rěk'tər, dī-)
n.
A smoothly grooved instrument used with a knife to limit the incision of tissues. Also called staff1.
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