managing directornoun [ C ]
uk/ˌmæn.ɪdʒ.ɪŋ daɪˈrek.tər/us/ˌmæn.ə.dʒɪŋ daɪˈrek.tɚ /abbreviation MD UKthe person in charge of a company:
There's a board of five directors, but she is the Managing Director.
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- He is the managing director of a cosmetics firm.
- We took our complaint to the managing director.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bosses & managers
- administration
- boss
- captain of industry
- CEO
- chief executive
- chief executive officer
- founder
- gangmaster
- general
- Goliath
- governance
- governor
- magnate
- manager
- manageress
- middle management
- overseer
- president
- top brass
- vice president
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