manager

manager [man-i-jer] SynonymsExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for manager on Thesaurus.com noun

a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
a person who manages: the manager of our track team.
a person who controls and manipulates resources and expenditures, as of a household.
British. (formerly) a theatrical producer.

Origin of manager First recorded in 1580–90; manage + -er1 Related formsman·ag·er·ship, nounsub·man·ag·er, nounsub·man·ag·er·ship, nounun·der·man·ag·er, nounSynonyms for manager See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.com 1. administrator, executive, superintendent, supervisor; boss. Related Words for manager administrator, official, supervisor, producer, executive, boss, director, officer, superintendent, organizer, controller, head, comptroller, conductor, exec, governor, proprietor, overseer, handler, zookeeper Examples from the Web for manager Contemporary Examples of manager

“Then I learned he can’t spell and is a manager at a CPK,” she said.

Emily Shire

January 5, 2015

Then I spoke to my manager about it and he said that they were already interested in me for Robyn.

Kevin Fallon

December 16, 2014

But instead of talking to us and resolving the issue, or getting a manager involved, the clerk calls the cops.

Joshua DuBois

December 5, 2014

Lisa Jackson, the manager, was white, but she charged that the environment of sexual harassment extended to racial discrimination.

Jason Berry

November 12, 2014

“We have guests run away all the time,” says manager Lee-Ann Wilber, who purchased the house 11 years ago.

Nina Strochlic

October 30, 2014

Historical Examples of manager

The manager was goin’ through the office and heard the laugh they give me.

F. Hopkinson Smith

I think the whole staff was female, with the exception of the steward or manager.

Charles Dickens

I was willing to humour the poor fellow, who must have been as poor a manager as he had been an artiste.

Sarah Bernhardt

Finally Duquesnel appeared and took me across to the manager’s office.

Sarah Bernhardt

I rushed back again and sent my name in to the manager’s office.

Sarah Bernhardt

British Dictionary definitions for manager manager noun

a person who directs or manages an organization, industry, shop, etc
a person who controls the business affairs of an actor, entertainer, etc
a person who controls the training of a sportsman or team
a person who has a talent for managing efficiently
law a person appointed by a court to carry on a business during receivership
(in Britain) a member of either House of Parliament appointed to arrange a matter in which both Houses are concerned
a computer program that organizes a resource, such as a set of files or a database

Derived Formsmanagership, noun Word Origin and History for manager n.

1580s, “one who manages,” agent noun from manage. Specific sense of “one who conducts a house of business or public institution” is from 1705.