director

/dɪˈrektər/ noun [C]

Definition

MANAGER › an important manager in an organization or company: Meet the new sales director.

ACTORS › someone who tells the actors in a film or play what to do: the famous film director, Alfred Hitchcock → See also funeral director → See also managing director

(Definition of director noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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funeral director noun
managing director noun
funeral director, at funeral director noun
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