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manager

/ˈmænədʒə/MA-nuh-jur
/ˈmænədʒɚ/MA-nuh-jur

Meaningone who handles

Common meaning: a person in charge of a business or team

Journey through time

  1. Italianmaneggiosource
  2. Old Frenchmanege‘the managing of a horse’source
  3. Englishmanage‘to run or control’
  4. Englishformed in English from managemanager‘a person in charge of a business or team’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from manage + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MANAGE, p.351 · scan

Source words

  • maneggio Italian · source word “handling (of a horse)”

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