manageress

(ˌmænɪdʒəˈrɛs; ˈmænɪdʒəˌrɛs)

(Professions) a woman who is in charge of a shop, department, canteen, etc

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

man•ag•er•ess

(ˈmæn ɪ dʒər ɪs; Brit. ˌmæn ɪ dʒəˈrɛs)

n.

a woman who is a manager.

[1790–1800]

usage: See -ess.

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Noun

manageress - a woman manager

director, manager, managing director - someone who controls resources and expenditures

Translations

مُدِيرَة

manažerka

leder

johtajatar

menadžerica

女性経営者

여관리자

cheffin

kvinnelig leder

kierowniczka

administradora gerente

заведующая

direktorica

kvinnlig chef

ผู้จัดการหญิง

müdür

bà giám đốc

女经理

manageress

[ˌmænɪdʒəˈres] N [of restaurant, shop] → encargada f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

manageress

[ˌmænɪdʒəˈrɛs] n [shop, cinema] → directrice f; [hotel] → gérante f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

manageress

n (Comm etc) → Geschäftsführerin f, → Managerin f; (of restaurant) → Geschäftsführerin f; (of chain store) → Filialleiterin f; (of hotel) → Direktorin f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

manageress

[ˌmænɪdʒəˈrɛs] n (gen) → direttrice f; (of shop, restaurant) → gerente f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

manageress

→ مُدِيرَة manažerka leder Betriebsleiterin διευθύντρια encargada johtajatar gérante menadžerica direttrice 女性経営者 여관리자 cheffin kvinnelig leder kierowniczka administradora, gerente заведующая kvinnlig chef ผู้จัดการหญิง müdür bà giám đốc 女经理

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

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"I showed that drawing you left be'ind you last night to the manageress and she WAS struck with it.

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'Closed!' cried Miss Snevellicci, trembling so much in her tights that she actually laid her hand upon the shoulder of the manageress for support.

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"The manageress had sat all this while busy with her papers without a word to either of us, but she glanced at me now with so much annoyance upon her face that I could not help suspecting that she had lost a handsome commission through my refusal.

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The witness said he told the Tories to "show some respect" and then complained to the manageress - but she could not do anything as they were on the other side of the pub wall.

FURY AT TORY IN GRENFELL SPIN ROW; 'Chat overheard a mile from horror scene'; EXCLUSIVE

Ex-supermarket manageress Miss Kearns, of Kinmel Bay, vanished on May 7 and officers searched the local area for her.

Man in court over death of partner; NEWS IN BRIEF

It comes on the second anniversary of the day the 54-yearold was beaten up outside the Pen y Bont Inn, Abergele by pub manageress Tracy Alison Jones and her "self-appointed" doorman Anthony Graham Smith.

Dad would be proud of how we've coped since his murder; DAUGHTER TELLS OF 'VOID' 2 YEARS AFTER PUB ATTACK

The Railway pub, on Bridge Road, manageress Lisa Corkhill posted a picture of the armed man on social media in defiance at his threats to "smash up her pub" if she reported the incident to police.

Knife wielding raider threatens pub cleaner; Landlady scared armed man away from property

He left a middle-aged manageress in fear for her life by holding the blade near her throat as he demanded cash.

Robber jailed for terrifying raid at bookies

Sentencing him at Newcastle Crown Court, Judge Paul Sloan QC said: "You struck at 9pm when there was a lone female member of staff on duty, the manageress.

Heworth armed robber Martin Cavanagh gets six years for knifepoint bookies raid; Martin Cavanagh left a manageress at his local Ladbrokes in fear for her life but was caught when he left behind his DNA on a swag bag

A PUB manageress has been fined PS2000 for letting a football match be shown in her bar.

PUB PAIR FINED FOR SHOWING TV FOOTIE

And in desperation Ruhul Alom then tried to get the PS1,000 back by robbing the manageress of the bookies where he had blown it on the dogs and the horses.

DAD TRIED TO ROB BOOKIES TO PAY DEBTS; He grabbed manageress after gambling cash away he made from pawning wife's jewellery

Police said he threatened the terrified manageress with a handgun, forcing her to hand over a "quantity of cash".