Definition for DI-RECT'OR

DI-RECT'OR, n.

  1. One who directs; one who superintends, governs, or manages; one who prescribes to others, by virtue of authority; an instructor; a counselor.
  2. That which directs; a rule; an ordinance.
  3. One appointed to transact the affairs of a company; as, the director of a bank, or of the India Company.
  4. That which directs or controls by influence. Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. – Federalist, Hamilton.
  5. In surgery, a grooved probe, intended to direct the edge of the knife or scissors in opening sinuses or fistulæ; a guide for an incision-knife. – Encyc. Coxe.

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