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, sportswoman, or team a person who has a talent for managing efficiently (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
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man•ag•er /ˈmænɪdʒɚ/USA pronunciation
n.
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- one who manages a business or one of its parts.
- Sport
- one who directs or assists in the activities of an athlete or team.
- a person who manages another's career:the rock star's manager.
man•ag•er
(man′i jər),USA pronunciation n.
man′ag•er•ship′, n.
- 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.
- Theater, Show Business, British Terms[Brit.](formerly) a theatrical producer.
- manage + -er1 1580–90
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged administrator, executive, superintendent, supervisor; boss.
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