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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary di·rec·tor DATE 15th century : one who directs: as a. the head of an organized group or administrative unit (as a bureau or school) b. one of a group of persons entrusted with the overall direction of a corporate enterprise c. a person who supervises the production of a show (as for stage or screen) usually with responsibility for action, lighting, music, and rehearsals d. conductor cEnglish Etymology 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. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ director dir·ect·or / dE5rektE(r); di-; dai- / noun1. one of a group of senior managers who run a company 董事；理事；经理: the managing director 总经理 an executive / non-executive director 执行/非执行董事 He's on the board of directors. 他是董事会成员。 2. a person who is in charge of a particular activity or department in a company, a college, etc. (某一活动的)负责人；(公司部门的)主任,经理；(学院的)院长: the musical director 音乐总监 a regional director 地区主管 the director of education 教育局长 3. a person in charge of a film / movie or play who tells the actors and staff what to do (电影、戏剧等的)导演 ⇨ compare producer Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English director noun 1 controls a company/an organization ADJ. company, managing | executive, non-executive | assistant, deputy | commercial, finance, marketing, production, sales PHRASES the board of directors, the post of director • Note at JOB 2 of a film/play, etc. ADJ. film, theatre | artistic, musical PHRASES the role of director He now felt ready to take on the role of director. • Note at JOB Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged di·rec·tor \də̇ˈrektə(r) also (ˈ)dī|r-, rapid ˈdre-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Late Latin, from Latin directus (past participle of dirigere to direct) + -or — more at dress 1. : one that directs: as a. : the head or chief of an organized occupational group (as a bureau, foundation, institute, school) < the director of the budget > < orientation of new school directors is the responsibility of the county superintendent > < thousands of directors of religious education now at work — J.O.Nelson > < a department of public relations headed by a director — R.F.Harlow & M.M.Black > b. : one of a group of persons entrusted by the shareholders of a corporation with the final overall control and direction of the corporate enterprise < final authority in a corporation of this sort lies with a board of directors — P.M.Sweezy > c. : one that supervises the production of a show (as for stage, screen, or radio transmission) with responsibility for action, lighting, music, rehearsals and generally for giving substance to the conception of the author — compare producer 4a d. : conductor 6 e. : a college teacher that directs students individually in the choice of a program and in special projects (as research for a thesis or practice teaching) — compare adviser f. : the head judge in a fencing match 2. [translation of French directeur, from Middle French directeur director, from Late Latin director] : a member of the French Directory of 1795-99 3. : an instrument grooved to guide and limit the motion of a surgical knife 4. : a computing machine for controlling gunfire that automatically and continuously predicts the future position of the target and computes the ballistically correct firing data 5. Britain : a device to hold in position an unattended fire hose emitting a jet of water |
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