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   manager

   /ˈmanɪdʒə/

   noun

   • 1. a person responsible for controlling or administering an organization or group of staff: "the manager of a bar" Similar executivehead of departmentline managersupervisorprincipaladministratorheadbossdirectormanaging directoremployersuperintendentforemanforewomanoverseerproprietorinformal:chiefhead honchogovernorgafferguv'norhigh muckamuckstraw boss
   • ▪ a person who controls the professional and business activities of a performer, sports player, group of musicians, etc.: "if I was his manager I would offer Lewis $8 m for the fight" Similar organizercontrollercomptrollerimpresario
   • ▪ a person in charge of the activities, tactics, and training of a sports team: "the team manager"
   • 2. a person regarded in terms of their skill in managing resources, especially those of a household: "she was a good manager, and could make a meal out of nothing" Similar organizercontrollercomptrollerimpresario
   • 3. a program or system that controls or organizes a peripheral device or process: "a file manager"
   • 4. (in the Houses of Parliament and the US Senate) a member of a committee appointed by one house to confer with a similar committee of the other house.

   Derivatives

   • 1. managership noun

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