Director - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Director : (noun)
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]

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

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.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

Example Usage of Director
	Yoshihara89: i need beyonce to get a better music video Director..i swear she filmed her last 5 vids in the same day on the same set...lol..
	eyalsivan: Hooray! I managed to get my full name as a twitter account! Take that mister hotshot famous Israeli film Director!
	Fourthman: @ashwinpande When is the Bobcat performance from? I ask because he's a respected Director now.

Director - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Example Usage of Director