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director general

director general noun: the highest executive officer within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution. In reference to government, the executive officer below the minister of the department.

Noun

director general (plural directors general or director generals or (rare) directors generals)

  1. The highest executive officer within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution. In reference to government, the executive officer below the minister of the department.

director general meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Arabic

director general in Hindi

executive officer
महानिर्देशक mahānirdeśak, महानिदेशक mahānideśak

director general in Tamil

தலைமை இயக்குநர்

director general in Urdu

executive officer
ڈائِریکْٹَر جَنْرَل ḍāirekṭar janral

director general in Arabic

executive officer
مُدِير عَامّ mudīr ʕāmm
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director general in Malay
ketua pengarah

Forms of director general

pluraldirectors general
pluraldirector generals
alternative formdirector-general
plural (rare)directors generals

Origin of director general

A calque of French directeur général, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun.

Questions about director general

What does director general mean?
Director general means the highest executive officer within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution. In reference to government, the executive officer below the minister of the department.
What is director general in Hindi?
Director general in Hindi is महानिर्देशक (mahānirdeśak), महानिदेशक (mahānideśak). See Director general meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is director general?
Director general is a noun.
What is the plural of director general?
The plural of director general is directors general.

Words near director general in the dictionary

  1. directoire
  2. Directoires
  3. director
  4. director circle
  5. director circles
  6. director general
  7. director generals
  8. director musices
  9. director of first impressions
  10. director of music
  11. director of photography

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Adapted from Wiktionary: director general (page history and authors); director general (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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