manager
A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.
Noun
- 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...
- 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:
Synonyms: administrator boss chief controller comptroller foreman head head man overseer organizer superintendent supervisor
- The head coach.
- An administrator, for a singer or group.
- 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
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Latin manus Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Latin -izāre Vulgar Latin *manizāre Old Italian maneggiareder.? Old French manegebor. Middle English *manage English manage Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English manager From manage + -er.
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account 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