Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The presiding officer of an assembly, meeting, committee, or board.
- n. The administrative head of a department of instruction, as at a college. See Usage Notes at man, person.
- v. To act as chairman of.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. pl. chairmen (-men).
- n. The presiding officer of an assembly, association, company, committee, or public meeting.
- n. One who assists in Carrying a sedan-chair. Prior. Also called chair-bearer.
- n. One who wheels an invalid's or other similar chair.
Wiktionary
- n. A person (implied male) presiding over a meeting.
- n. The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
- n. historical Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.
- n. One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
- v. act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
Etymologies
- From chair + -man (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Earlier in October, McKelvy resigned as chief executive officer, though he retained his director's seat and was given the title chairman emeritus.”
“Burch will assume the title chairman of the firm's board, but will effectively take over the all senior partner responsibilities.”
“The reunion marks a happier chapter for the pop star and her label chairman, who”
“The GOP trying to find a chairman is a party looking for a vision and direction; the have neither.”
No Clear Front-Runner for Republican Chairman - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
“I believe that the Public Accounts Committee should be modelled after the British Committee wherein the majority of members belong to the Opposition party and the chairman is an Opposition member.”
“The group was arrested back in May at the start of the Sen.te Finance Committee's debate on a health care bill with they disrupted the hearing over what they called chairman Sen. Max Baucus ”
“What any indeed innate again chairman should rely on for vital is a hold up of a spirit.”
“The various schools of suspicion in chairman psychology all understand stress from somewhat opposite perspectives.”
“Writing on Conservative Home, Tim Montgomerie reports that Eric Pickles, the new Tory chairman, is off on a tour of Conservative/Lib Dem marginals in the West Country.”
“Mr. Morris has retained the title of chairman since January.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘chairman’.
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POL - people in power
daredevil, tzar, king, boss, master, commander, chief, kingpin, top banana, bigwig, big cheese, big wheel and 452 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11250 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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INTERP - sexist language
Problematic and recommended terms according to the EP's guide on gender neutral language use
gender-neutral la..., biased, discriminatory, demeaning, political correct..., gender equality, gender neutrality, sexist language, masculine gender, inclusive form, generic form, discriminate agai... and 103 more...
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INTERP - people and posts
annunciator, assistant, authorizing officer, back-bencher, board member, candidate, chair, chairman, chairperson, clerk of committees, commissioner, committee assistant and 70 more...
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Unneutered
These politically incorrect words for people contain the element 'man', 'son', or 'boy'.
parson, person, layman, businessman, clergyman, chairman, cameraman, craftsman, craftsmanship, fireman, fisherman, gunman and 50 more...
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Palanquins
A list of litters and those who bear them.
Benjamin Franklin and other wealthy colonial Americans used sedan chairs until late in the 18th century.dooly, palanquin, hamal, litter, stretcher, palankeen, palkee, sedan, cacolet, mule-chair, kujawah, norimono and 39 more...
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Amalgamations
Words that have been smashed together.
keystone, touchstone, footprint, thunderhead, seesaw, textbook, leftovers, watchword, afterbirth, fieldwork, outcast, statesman and 148 more...
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Man
Everything that contains a man in it
taxman, salesman, common man, spaceman, neolithic man, straw man, seaman, fireman, spiderman, overman, old man, con man and 373 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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Take Me To Your Whosit
About leaders, particularly the authority-figure at the top of the tree.
leader, chief, boss, cap'n, executive, president, head, tsar, alpha male, alpha female, conductor, dean and 127 more...
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May8CV
innovative, innovator, piss off, regularity, particularly, dynamics, incumbent, entrepreneur, aware, successful, onslaught, vaunted and 10 more...
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