One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).
Francis Gurry is director of WIPO.
A member of a board of directors.
[...] the confusion between directors who know nothing and managers who know everything [...].
A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
Borrowed from Middle French directeur and its source Late Latin dīrēctor, dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus. By surface analysis, direct + -or.
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