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noun, plural directors general.

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

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Origin of director general

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby director general

direct object, Directoire, direct ophthalmoscope, director, directorate, director general, directorial, Director of Education, director of photography, Director of Public Prosecutions, director's chair

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How to use director general in a sentence

Now her left-wing Podemos Party is in power in Spain, and she’s holding her government accountable to its promises, as director general for equality of treatment and ethnic-racial diversity at the country’s Ministry of Equality.
Who Are You Calling a Communist?|Charu Kasturi|August 24, 2021|Ozy
“As far as I know, we have not received anything so far,” said Dr Nutan Mundeja, director general of health services, Delhi government.
Where is the foreign Covid-19 aid that has landed in Delhi going?|Supriya Sharma|May 5, 2021|Quartz
The World Health Organization promised to do “everything we can” after its director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, described the situation as “beyond heartbreaking.”
The world is waking up to India’s plight—too late|Charlotte Jee|April 27, 2021|MIT Technology Review
The WHO’s director general later walked that statement back, claiming that “all hypotheses remain open and require further analysis and studies.”
Did the coronavirus leak from a lab? These scientists say we shouldn’t rule it out.|Niall Firth|March 18, 2021|MIT Technology Review

Toomey lives here with her husband, Mark, a managing director at Goldman Sachs, and their two daughters.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“They are hypocritical on this very issue,” Shearer said about Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and other public officials.
Harry Shearer on The Dangerous Business of Satire|Lloyd Grove|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It also contains some clunky passages of adultery, temptations of the flesh, and general sexual awkwardness.
Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Decades ago, the writer-director wrote an episode of the animated comedy that never was.
Here’s the Lost Judd Apatow ‘Simpsons’ Episode, Penned by Judd Apatow|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This is a Hollywood director at the height of his powers creating original, wildly ambitious epics.
Oscars 2015: The Daily Beast’s Picks, From Scarlett Johansson to ‘Boyhood’|Marlow Stern|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.
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In the year of misery, of agony and suffering in general he had endured, he had settled upon one theory.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
To others the fierce desire for social justice obliterates all fear of a general catastrophe.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Finally, let me ask the general reader to put aside all prejudice, and give both sides a fair hearing.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
General Lachambre, as the hero of Cavite, followed to receive the applause which was everywhere showered upon him in Spain.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman

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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