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town manager

American  

noun

  1. an official appointed to direct the administration of a town government.


Etymology

Origin of town manager

First recorded in 1920–25


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Mary Lynn Rajskub plays the cheerful, credit-grabbing town manager whose assistant she becomes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

In Stowe, Vt., a wintertime skiing hub, town manager Charles Safford said the doors are wide open for fall tourists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025

Justice Brett Kavanaugh, husband of a town manager in the Washington suburbs, said it is “definitely true” that local officials need guidance.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

But she also serves as the town manager, and she sympathized with Leppanen’s decision to discourage eclipse tourism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023

John Potter, the town manager, said the impact of the hotel program on Brattleboro, where people had come from around the state to stay in seven hotels, could be long lasting.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

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