director general

noun, plural directors general.

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

Nearby words

directions, directive, directly, directoire, director, director general, director of education, director of photography, director of public prosecutions, director's chair, director's cut

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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