megger

English

Etymology 1

Noun

megger (plural meggers)

1. A megohmmeter.

Usage notes

This may be a trademarked name.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

megger (plural meggers)

1. (slang) A film director.
   • 1948 March 6, Billboard, page 44:

     Backers, confronted with the heavy demands of directors, point out that the megger is doing more of a job than the producer […]

   • 1949, Charles Reed Jones, Your Career in Motion Pictures, Radio, Television, page 180:

     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.

Anagrams

• megerg