Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

guinea pig director

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables: guinea pig di-rec-tor
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A company director (usually one holding a number of directorships) who serves merely or mainly for the fee (in England, often a guinea) paid for attendance.

Colloquial; Dated

Example Sentences

"We wish all men were equally conscientious, and we should get rid of that useless animal, the guinea-pig Director—a greater abomination to good management than which does not exist."

Usage

Inflected Forms

guinea pig directors (plural)

Questions

What does guinea pig director mean?: A company director (usually one holding a number of directorships) who serves merely or mainly for the fee (in England, often a guinea) paid for attendance.

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