director Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who controls resources and expenditures
    manager; managing director.
  2. noun member of a board of directors
  3. noun someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
    theatre director; theater director.
  4. noun the person who directs the making of a film
    film director.
  5. noun the person who leads a musical group
    music director; conductor.

WordNet

Di*rect"or noun
Etymology
Cf. F. directeur.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913