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chairman
[ chair-muhn ]
noun
- the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- the administrative head of a department in a high school, college, or university.
- someone employed to carry or wheel a person in a chair.
verb (used with object)
- to act as or be chairman of (a meeting, committee, etc.).
chairman
/ ˈʃɛəə /
noun
- Also calledchairpersonfemchairwoman a person who presides over a company's board of directors, a committee, a debate, an administrative department, etc
- history someone who carries a sedan chair
Usage
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Derived Forms
- ˈˌ, noun
Example Sentences
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.
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.
He made abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion programs his first task as chairman, sending strongly worded letters to Walt Disney Co.
In response, the BBC said it would introduce reforms, and its chairman Samir Shah said he would draw "a line in the sand".
Aquino, chairman of Filipino B.C., the organisation that put on the festival.
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