From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
1. One who manages; a conductor or director; as, the manager of a theater.
A skillful manager of the rabble. --South.
2. A person who conducts business or household affairs with economy and frugality; a good economist.
A prince of great aspiring thoughts; in the main, a manager of his treasure. --Sir W. Temple.
3. A contriver; an intriguer. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: someone who controls resources and expenditures [syn: {director}, {managing director}]
2: (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team [syn: {coach}, {handler}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "manager": administrator, agent, banker, baron, big boss, big businessman, boss, business leader, businessman, captain, captain of industry, castellan, chatelain, chatelaine, chief, commandant, commander, conductor, deputy, directeur, director, enterpriser, entrepreneur, exec, executive, financier, foreman, governor, handler, head, impresario, industrialist, intendant, king, little businessman, magnate, man of commerce, master, officer, official, overseer, producer, proprietor, rector, responsible person, ruler, straw boss, supercargo, superintendent, supervisor, top executive, tycoon
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