Meanings
noungeneral manager (plural general managers)
plural general managers
- managementA manager with overall responsibility for an organisation or a distinct unit of an organisation.
The General Manager conveyed little, either in his person or his manner, of the brisk precision that his message seemed to promise.
1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados
Translations
German Geschäftsführer, Geschäftsführerin
- Geschäftsführermanager with overall responsibility for an organisation
- Geschäftsführerinmanager with overall responsibility for an organisation
Hungarian vezérigazgató
- vezérigazgatómanager with overall responsibility for an organisation
Māori kaiwhakahaere matua
- kaiwhakahaere matuamanager with overall responsibility for an organisation
Welsh rheolwr cyffredinol
- rheolwr cyffredinolmanager with overall responsibility for an organisation
Cite this entry
APA
general manager. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/general%20manager
MLA
“general manager.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/general%20manager. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “general manager,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/general%20manager.
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