manager

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈmæn.ɪ.dʒə/
• (America) IPA: /ˈmæn.ɪ.dʒɚ/

Noun

manager (plural managers)

1. (management) A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.
   • 2013, Phil McNulty, "", BBC Sport, 1 September 2013:

     And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly.

2. (baseball) The head coach.
3. (music) An administrator, for a singer or group.
4. (computer 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

Synonyms

• (person who manages) administrator, boss, chief, controller, comptroller, foreman, head, head man, overseer, organizer, superintendent, supervisor

Related terms

• manage
• management
• manageress
• managerial

Translations

• French: (of a business) directeur, (of a restaurant, etc.) gérant, (of a sports team, etc) manager, chef
• German: Direktor, Manager, Verwalter
• Italian: direttore, capo, responsabile, gestore
• Portuguese: gerente, gerenciador (chiefly Brazil)
• Russian: ме́неджер
• Spanish: director, gerente, gestor

Translations

• Italian: impresario
• Portuguese: empresário
• Russian: импреса́рио
• Spanish: representante

Translations

• Italian: gestore
• Spanish: administrador

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