1. A person who administers or supervises the affairs of a business, office, or other organization.
general manager. A manager who has overall control of a business, office, or other organization, including authority over other managers. • A general manager is usu. equivalent to a president or chief executive officer of a corporation.
2. A legislator appointed to a conference committee charged with adjusting differences in a bill passed by both houses in different versions.
— Also termed conferee; manager of a conference. [Cases: States 34. C.J.S. States §§ 55–58.]
3. Parliamentary law. A member who displays the evidence against another member who is charged with misconduct and faces possible disciplinary action. [Cases: United States 35. C.J.S. United States §§ 23, 53, 56–57.]
4. A representative appointed by the House of Representatives to prosecute an impeachment before the Senate.
5. A member of a board of managers; DIRECTOR(2). See BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
6. A court-of-equity appointee responsible for carrying on a business for the benefit of creditors or other beneficiaries.
