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Chairman

noun. The presiding officer of an assembly, meeting, committee, or board.

noun. The administrative head of a department of instruction, as at a college.

transitive verb. To act as chairman of.

noun. pl. chairmen (-men).

noun. The presiding officer of an assembly, association, company, committee, or public meeting.

noun. One who assists in Carrying a sedan-chair. Prior. Also called chair-bearer.

noun. One who wheels an invalid's or other similar chair.

noun. The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.

noun. One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan.

noun. A person (implied male) presiding over a meeting.

noun. The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.

noun. Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance.

noun. the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

verb. act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university

"Earlier in October, McKelvy resigned as chief executive officer, though he retained his director's seat and was given the title chairman emeritus."

Words with the opposite meaning

chairwoman

Words that are more generic or abstract

chair chairperson head lead officer

Words with the same terminal sound

Behrman airman

Words that are found in similar contexts

administrator adviser attorney commissioner committee

Words with the same meaning

croupier moderator president presider prolocutor