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chairman

Noun

∙ A person (implied male) presiding over a meeting.
∙ The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
∙ Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance. historical

Verb

∙ To serve as chairman.

BABYLON ENGLISH
chairman n.
chairperson, person who presides over something; person who presides over a meeting; person who presides a committee; chief officer of a company; person employed to wheel a person in a chair
act as the presiding officer (of a committee, meeting, etc.), act as a chairman

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
chairman
chairman
\chair"man\ (?), n.; pl. chairmen (&?;).
1. the presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.
2. one whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan. breaks watchmen's heads and chairmen's glasses.
similar words(1)

vice chairman

WORDNET 2.0
chairman
Noun
1. the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson"
(synonym) president, chairwoman, chair, chairperson
(hypernym) presiding officer
(hyponym) Kalon Tripa
(derivation) chair
Verb
1. act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years"
(synonym) chair
(hypernym) head, lead
(derivation) president, chairwoman, chair, chairperson

WIKTIONARY - Yabla

chairman

Noun

∙ A person (implied male) presiding over a meeting.
∙ The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
∙ Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance. historical

Verb

∙ To serve as chairman.

BABYLON ENGLISH
chairman n.
chairperson, person who presides over something; person who presides over a meeting; person who presides a committee; chief officer of a company; person employed to wheel a person in a chair
act as the presiding officer (of a committee, meeting, etc.), act as a chairman

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
chairman
chairman
\chair"man\ (?), n.; pl. chairmen (&?;).
1. the presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.
2. one whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan. breaks watchmen's heads and chairmen's glasses.
similar words(1)

vice chairman

WORDNET 2.0
chairman
Noun
1. the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson"
(synonym) president, chairwoman, chair, chairperson
(hypernym) presiding officer
(hyponym) Kalon Tripa
(derivation) chair
Verb
1. act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years"
(synonym) chair
(hypernym) head, lead
(derivation) president, chairwoman, chair, chairperson

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