Meaning of guinea pig director | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level