Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

694. Director — N. director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller.

superintendent, supervisor, straw boss; intendant; overseer, overlooker†; supercargo†, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile†; moderator, monitor, taskmaster; master &c 745; leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman†, precentor†, bellwether, agitator; caporal†, choregus†, collector, file leader, flugelman†, linkboy†. guiding star &c (guidance) 693; adviser &c 695; guide &c (information) 527; pilot; helmsman; steersman, steermate†; wire-puller. driver, whip, Jehu, charioteer; coachman, carman, cabman; postilion, vetturino†, muleteer, arriero†, teamster; whipper in. head, head man, head center, boss; principal, president, speaker; chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson; captain &c (master) 745; superior; mayor &c (civil authority) 745; vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch†. officer, functionary, minister, official, red-tapist†, bureaucrat; man in office, Jack in office; office bearer; person in authority &c 745. statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician, statist†, statemonger†; Minos, Draco; arbiter &c (judge) 967; boss [U.S.], political dictator. board &c (council) 696. secretary, secretary of state; Reis Effendi; vicar &c (deputy) 759; steward, factor; agent &c 758; bailiff, middleman; foreman, clerk of works; landreeve†; factotum, major-domo†, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier; proctor, procurator. Adv. ex officio.