megger

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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megger (plural meggers)

  1. A megohmmeter.
Usage notes
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This may be a trademarked name.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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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.

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