director

noun directors · directer · directour

1. 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.
2. A member of a board of directors. [...] the confusion between directors who know nothing and managers who know everything [...].
3. A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
4. That which directs or orientates something. Installed longer flow director; it now just covers the entire diameter of the 6-in. brine return nozzle, and is 4 in. high […]
5. A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
6. The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.
7. A component of a Yagi–Uda antenna.