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megger en · NOUN · etymology 1

Meanings

1. A megohmmeter.

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megger en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From megaphone (which directors traditionally use) + -er.

Meanings

1. (slang) A film director.
   • Backers, confronted with the heavy demands of directors, point out that the megger is doing more of a job than the producer […] 1948 March 6, Billboard, page 44:
   • The megger, as the director is known to the motion picture industry's trade journals, has to be a sort of reservoir of knowledge, know-how, residual bits of information on all subjects and techniques. 1949, Charles Reed Jones, Your Career in Motion Pictures, Radio, Television, page 180:

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