floor manager

noun

: a person who directs something from the floor (as of a nominating convention)

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The place was mostly empty an hour before lunchtime, and the floor managers told me that installing the robots needed to automate production would take months. — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026 For example, if a digital signage system update fails, an AI agent can alert a floor manager before the shelves go dark. — Mark Ruston, Forbes.com, 6 May 2026 Prisoner and floor manager Kino Loy (Andy Serkis) has mere months left on his sentence, so keeping fellow inmates in line at the cost of his humanity seems like a worthwhile trade-off. — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025 And for once, at least, our new floor manager proves true to his word, introducing Dylan to his outie’s wife, Gretchen, played by two-time Emmy winner Merritt Wever. — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for floor manager

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of floor manager was in 1887

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“Floor manager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floor%20manager. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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