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One who manages; a conductor or director; as, the manager of a theater. A skillful manager of the rabble. South.

Of or pertaining to management or a manager; as, managerial qualities. "Managerial responsibility." C. Bronté.

The office or position of a manager.

Management; manner of using; conduct; direction.

One who manages ill.

One in control of the stage during the production of a play. He directs the stage hands, property man, etc., has charge of all details behind the curtain, except the acting, and has a general oversight of the actors. Sometimes he is also the stage director.

ecutes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

The proprietor or manager of a barge, or one of the crew of a barge.

The manager of a barge. [Obs.]

A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator. [Slang, U. S.]

and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal.

One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director. Zeal, the blind conductor of the will. Dryden.

Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients; expert; as, a dexterous manager. Dexterous the craving, fawning crowd to quit. Pope.

The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors.

One who, or that which, directs; one who regulates, guides, or orders; a manager or superintendent. In all affairs thou sole director. Swift.

General manager; factotum. Under him, Dunstan was the do-all at court, being the king's treasurer, councilor, chancellor, confessor, all things. Fuller.

One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager. [Colloq.] Civil engineer, a person skilled in the science of civil engineering. -- Military engineer, one who executes engineering works of a military nature. See under Engineering.

The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.

The manager or acting partner of a company, joint-stock association, etc.

A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff. [Scot.] Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve. Sir W. Scott.