DIRECTOR

[noun] [C]All the company's cheques have to be signed by two directors (= people in charge).She has become the director of the new information centre.The decision has yet to be approved by the board of directors.A director is also a person who tells actors in a film or play how to play their parts.He used to be one of Hollywood's biggest film/movie directors. Compare producer at produce (MAKE).(US) A director is also someone in charge of a school for very young children.The director general of a big organization is the person who is in charge of it.(UK) The Director of Public Prosecutions is the lawyer who works for the government and who decides whether a person who has committed a particular type of serious crime should be made to appear in a court of law.