director
/dɪˈɹɛk.tɚ/ noun A2- 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).
- A member of a board of directors. · [...] the confusion between directors who know nothing and managers who know everything [...].
- A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
- That which directs or orientates something.
- A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
- The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.
- A component of a Yagi–Uda antenna.
Plural directors
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It was too soon for a visit from the examining magistrate, and too late for one from the director of the prison, or the doctor; it must, then, be the visitor he hoped for.
My limbs were weary and stiff, for I feared to change my position; yet my nerves were worked up to the highest pitch of tension, and my hearing was so acute that I could not only hear the gentle breathing of my companions, but I could distinguish the deeper, heavier in-breath of the bulky Jones from the thin, sighing note of the bank director.
“This fellow Merryweather is a bank director, and personally interested in the matter.
Merryweather is the chairman of directors, and he will explain to you that there are reasons why the more daring criminals of London should take a considerable interest in this cellar at present.”
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