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director general

noun

, plural directors general.
  1. the executive head of an organization or of a major subdivision, as a branch or agency, of government.


director-general

noun

  1. the head of a large organization such as the CBI or BBC
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of director general1

First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences

Prime Minister Abe is not only the leader of Japan, he is also the Director-General—the sosai —of the LDP.

The Director General said he suspected the skulls [were] from the Congo.

So did Avigdor Lieberman, director-general of the Prime Minister's Office during part of Netanyahu's first term.

Pervez Musharraf made him director general of the ISI in 2004.

March 19, 2012: Thompson announces he will leave the BBC the coming fall after eight years as director general.

During the peace he continued in military employment, and in 1719 he was made director-general of cavalry and dragoons.

At the end of my first year as director general I had not made one-tenth the progress I had hoped for.

He believed, if he could get an interview with the Medical Director-General, he could convince him of its merits.

On my arrival I found M. Necker Director-general of the finances, in the first bloom of power and popularity.

The director-general retained the right to preside at meetings.

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