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art director(dictionary)
director(dictionary)
Outside director(finance)
Outside Director(money)
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director (iou)



director noun. LME.
[Anglo-Norman directour from late Latin director, from Latin direct- pa. ppl stem of dirigere: see DIRECT verb, -OR.]
I.
A person who or thing which directs, governs, or guides; a manager, a superintendent. LME.
director-general the chief administrator of a project etc. Director of Public Prosecutions: see PROSECUTION noun 5.
A member of the board that manages the affairs of a company. M17.
Ecclesiastical. A spiritual adviser. M17.
A person who directs a theatre or cinema production. E20.
II.
A person who or thing which causes something to take a particular direction; Surgery an instrument for guiding the course of the knife etc. when an incision is made. M17.
directorate noun (a) = directorship; (b) management by directors; (c) a board of directors: M19.
direc'torial adjective (a) of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a director or direction; (b) of or pertaining to a body of directors; (also Directorial) belonging to the French Directory: L18.
direc'torially adverb M19.
directorship noun the position or office of a director E18.