director general

noun, plural directors general.

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

Origin of director general

First recorded in 1875–80

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Examples from the Web for director-general

Prime Minister Abe is not only the leader of Japan, he is also the Director-General—the sosai —of the LDP.
How Sexism Could Bring Down Japan’s Government|Angela Erika Kubo, Jake Adelstein|June 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So did Avigdor Lieberman, director-general of the Prime Minister's Office during part of Netanyahu's first term.
Netanyahu, Third-Term Incompetent|Gershom Gorenberg|August 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The director-general of the BBC resigned amid a flurry of allegations around sex-abuse reporting.
BBC Scandal Blows Up as Director George Entwistle Resigns|Peter Jukes|November 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Another trial has put the ISI's director-general, Brigadier General Pasha, at the center of the plot.
America’s Menacing Pakistan Problem|Bruce Riedel|May 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST

The director-general retained the right to preside at meetings.
The Colonization of North America|Herbert Eugene Bolton
Surely, surely it was not the same that the Director-General had given him!
Smith and the Pharaohs, and Other Tales|Henry Rider Haggard
So extensive were they, indeed, that the Director-General had informed him that they would take several years to complete.
Smith and the Pharaohs, and Other Tales|Henry Rider Haggard
My duties as Director-General of the Post-office had of course obliged me to resign my captain's epaulette.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete|Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
The Director-General was a poor soul who could see nothing but technical difficulties in everything that was proposed.
A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium|Hugh Gibson

British Dictionary definitions for director-general

director-general

noun plural directors-general

the head of a large organization such as the CBI or BBC

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