manager

noun — 4 senses

manager

noun

UK /ˈmæn.ɪ.dʒə/ · US /ˈmæn.ə.dʒəɹ/

Etymology From manage + -er.

1

Management A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.

  • Although they did not want to risk wasting money, faster-climbing managers did value generosity and fair-mindedness.2009, Bernard M. Bass, Ruth Bass, The Bass Handbook of Leadership: Theory, Research, and Managerial Applications, →ISBN, page ii:
  • And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly.2013 September 1, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport:
2

Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Soccer, Sports The head coach.

3

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music An administrator, for a singer or group.

4

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Software A window or application whose purpose is to give the user the control over some aspect of the system.

  • a file manager; a task manager; Program Manager
Derived terms
59 termsaccount manager, assistant manager, assistant stage manager, bank manager, boot manager, branch manager, can I speak to the manager haircut, chairmanager, city manager, comanager, co-manager, community manager, corpus manager, credit manager, customer success manager, data manager, district manager, download manager, duty manager, file manager, floor manager, fund manager, game manager, general manager, house manager, I want to speak to the manager haircut, line manager, managerdom, managerese, managerless, managerly, managership, micro manager, micromanager, middle manager, momager, multimanager, nonmanager, operations manager, orthodox file manager, package manager, player-manager, production manager, product manager, project manager, project-manager, road manager, seagull manager, stage manager, store manager, submanager, supermanager, task manager, technomanager, town manager, undermanager, under-manager, window manager, womanager
Related terms
manage, management, manageress, managerial

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