director-general

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Noun

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

  1. Alternative form of director general
    • 1983, James C. H. Shen, “Rejoining the Government”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally, Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 28:
      For the following two years I was the Foreign Office spokesman and for the subsequent five years I was Director-General of the Government Information Office.