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showrunners

showrunners is the plural of showrunner.

Meaning of showrunner

Noun

showrunner (plural showrunners)

  1. The person in overall charge of the production of a television series.
    • Those so-called showrunners, the thousand or so people who share both writing and managerial duties on television shows, have already been squeezed by conflicting demands from guild leaders and company employers.2007 November 3, Brooks Barnes, “With Resolution Unlikely, Writers Guild Sets Strike for Monday”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    helmer

Questions about showrunners

What is showrunners the plural of?
Showrunners is the plural of showrunner.

Words near showrunners in the dictionary

  1. showroomed
  2. showrooming
  3. showrooms
  4. showrun
  5. showrunner
  6. showrunners
  7. showrunning
  8. showruns
  9. shows
  10. shows a clean pair of heels
  11. shows a leg

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