floor manager

Noun

floor manager (plural floor managers)

1. A manager who works on the shop floor and may directly interact with customers.
   • The floor manager will then make a thorough inspection together with the foreman to see that all containers, whether of parts or chain, are properly labeled.1919 November, Factory: The Magazine of Management, volume 23, page 1044
   • The 16th matter occurred when an Assistant Floor Manager was walking past Area 3 on the casino floor.2007, Labor Arbitration Information System, volume 2, page 142
2. One who manages the floor of a dance, club, or other gathering of people.
   • Don Pablo do la Guerra, with his handsome aristocratic features, was the floor manager, and gallantly discharged his office.1850 June 1, The Spectator, volume 23, page 521
   • At the Municipal Pier, for example, an investigator learned that when Negro couples went on the dancing pavilion floor the floor manager informed them that they were not dancing properly and took them to one side to acquaint them with the approved style of dancing; no matter how well they danced...2004, Ronald H. Bayor, The Columbia Documentary History of Race and Ethnicity in America, page 547
3. A manager of a television show, responsible for communication between the director and the crew.
   • The floor manager came on the set and announced that the unseen director of the show had called cut.2004, Jasper Fforde, Lost in a Good Book: A Thursday Next Novel
   • The floor manager counted me in and The James Whale Radio Show took to the air on Yorkshire Television in its usual slot.2011, James Whale, Almost a Celebrity: A Lifetime of Night-Time