director : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: director	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for director
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
director n someone who controls resources and expenditures [syn: director, manager, managing director] member of a board of directors someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show Synonym(s): director, theater director, theatre director the person who directs the making of a film Synonym(s): film director, director the person who leads a musical group Synonym(s): conductor, music director, director
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.