town manager

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of town manager

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Wisor, Mountain Village’s town manager, bristled.

From The Wall Street Journal

Meanwhile, at a Jan. 15 meeting, Wisor, the Mountain Village town manager, disclosed in an executive session—one that was meant to be private but was accidentally broadcast on YouTube—that he had, at the women’s request, connected them with investors he knew.

From The Wall Street Journal

Since then, life-sized models of the King, Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna, and Snow White have been among the creations outside her home.

From BBC

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

From Los Angeles Times

“All they do is tear up our road,” said Adam Argo, town manager.

From The Wall Street Journal