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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MAN'AGER, n. One who has the conduct or direction of any thing; as the manager of a theater; the manager of a lottery, of a ball, etc.
A skilful manager of the rabble.
An artful manager, that crept between--
1. A person who conducts business with economy and frugality; a good husband.
A prince of great aspiring thoughts; in the main, a manager of his treasure.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who controls resources and expenditures [syn: director, manager, managing director]
2: (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team [syn: coach, manager, handler]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1588 one that manages: as a. a person who conducts business or household affairs b. a person whose work or profession is management c. (1) a person who directs a team or athlete (2) a student who in scholastic or collegiate sports supervises equipment and records under the direction of a coach • managerial adjective • managerially adverb • managership noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a person controlling or administering a business or part of a business. 2 a person controlling the affairs, training, etc. of a person or team in sports, entertainment, etc. 3 Brit. Parl. a member of either House of Parliament appointed with others for some duty in which both Houses are concerned. 4 a person regarded in terms of skill in household or financial or other management (a good manager). Derivatives: managerial adj. managerially adv. managership n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Manager Man"a*ger, n. 1. One who manages; a conductor or director; as, the manager of a theater. A skillful manager of the rabble. --South. 2. A person who conducts business or household affairs with economy and frugality; a good economist. A prince of great aspiring thoughts; in the main, a manager of his treasure. --Sir W. Temple. 3. A contriver; an intriguer. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(managers) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A manager is a person who is responsible for running part of or the whole of a business organization. The chef, staff and managers are all Chinese. ...a retired bank manager. N-COUNT 2. The manager of a pop star or other entertainer is the person who looks after their business interests. N-COUNT 3. The manager of a sports team is the person responsible for training the players and organizing the way they play. In American English, manager is only used for baseball; in other sports, coach is used instead. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Director, superintendent, overseer, supervisor, comptroller, governor, conductor. 2. Economist, good economist.

Moby Thesaurus

administrator, agent, banker, baron, big boss, big businessman, boss, business leader, businessman, captain, captain of industry, castellan, chatelain, chatelaine, chief, commandant, commander, conductor, deputy, directeur, director, enterpriser, entrepreneur, exec, executive, financier, foreman, governor, handler, head, impresario, industrialist, intendant, king, little businessman, magnate, man of commerce, master, officer, official, overseer, producer, proprietor, rector, responsible person, ruler, straw boss, supercargo, superintendent, supervisor, top executive, tycoon