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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person responsible for the administration of a business
Synonyms:
executive; executive director
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("executive director" is a kind of...):
administrator; decision maker (someone who administers a business)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "executive director"):
business executive; corporate executive (an executive in a business corporation)
government minister; minister (a person appointed to a high office in the government)
rainmaker (executive who is very successful in bringing in business to his company or firm)
Surgeon General (the head of the United States Public Health Service)
V.P.; vice president (an executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances)