manager

noun

man·​ag·​er ˈma-ni-jər How to pronounce manager (audio)
: one that manages: such as
a
: a person who conducts business or household affairs
He was promoted to manager last month.
b
: a person whose work or profession is management
c(1)
: a person who directs a team or athlete
the manager of a baseball team
(2)
: a student who in scholastic or collegiate sports supervises equipment and records under the direction of a coach
managership noun

Examples of manager in a Sentence

I'd like to speak to the manager, please. He was promoted to manager last year. The team's general manager acquired five new players for the upcoming season. The manager decided to change pitchers in the eighth inning. The actress recently fired her manager.
Recent Examples on the Web Interpreter changes In the wake of Mizuhara’s firing, Roberts said that Will Ireton, the team’s manager of performance operations, will serve as Ohtani’s interpreter in the interim. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024 Ireton was Kenta Maeda’s interpreter for most of his time with the Dodgers and then moved into a different role as the team’s manager of performance operations. Bill Plunkett, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024 Eriksson became the Three Lions’ manager, the team’s first overseas appointment, after four successful years with Lazio, guiding the club to only its second – and still its most recent – Serie A title in 2000. Amanda Davies, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024 Sonya and her uncle Vanya function as the managers of the estate, where Vanya’s feminist mother, Mama Voinitski (Houdyshell), a nanny named Marina (Katigbak), and a guitar-plucking family friend (Hadary)—the aforementioned Waffles—also live. Adrienne Miller, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024 That might be even easier if managers can also see social channels on Glassdoor where people are posting with their real names, indicating which workers have accounts on the site. Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024 Women tend to feel greater pressure than men to accept a dry promotion and often don't take up the issue with their managers, Smith said, citing job coaches. Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024 The shelter's kennel manager, Kyrie Brickman, said that before Chester arrived at Euclid Animal Shelter, he was discovered chained to a window with three other dogs in a vacant house after being left there for over a week, per FOX News 8. Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024 Instead it was made almost entirely by the government’s own programmers, product managers, and designers, Bridget Roberts, the head of the Direct File team, told me. Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1588, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of manager was in 1588

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Cite this Entry

“Manager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manager. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

manager

noun
man·​ag·​er ˈman-ij-ər How to pronounce manager (audio)
1
: a person who manages especially a business or household affairs
2
: a person who directs a team or an athlete
managerial adjective

Legal Definition

manager

noun
1
: a person who manages a business or organization
2
: a member of the House of Representatives who acts as a prosecutor at the Senate trial in an impeachment proceeding see also impeach
3

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