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chairman

[ chair-muhn ]

noun

plural chairmen.
  1. the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.
  2. the administrative head of a department in a high school, college, or university.
  3. someone employed to carry or wheel a person in a chair.


verb (used with object)

chairmaned or chairmanned, chairmaning or chairmanning.
  1. to act as or be chairman of (a meeting, committee, etc.).

chairman

/ ˈʃɛəə /

noun

  1. Also calledchairpersonfemchairwoman a person who presides over a company's board of directors, a committee, a debate, an administrative department, etc
  2. history someone who carries a sedan chair
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

Chairman can seem inappropriate when applied to a woman, while chairwoman can be offensive. Chair and chairperson can be applied to either a man or a woman; chair is generally preferred to chairperson
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Gender Note

Is it chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson? See chairperson.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ󲹾ˌ󾱱, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chairman1

First recorded in 1645–55; chair + -man
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The five-day mandate landed in employees’ inboxes in February, in an email from the company’s chairman, who included the usual reasons behind the new policy: better collaboration, synergies, innovation, etc.

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The Republican mocked his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, and aimed fresh criticism at the US Federal Reserve's chairman, while dismissing polls that show his own popularity slipping.

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He made abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion programs his first task as chairman, sending strongly worded letters to Walt Disney Co.

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In response, the BBC said it would introduce reforms, and its chairman Samir Shah said he would draw "a line in the sand".

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Aquino, chairman of Filipino B.C., the organisation that put on the festival.

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