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chairman
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chair·man  (chârmn)
n.
1. The presiding officer of an assembly, meeting, committee, or board.
2. The administrative head of a department of instruction, as at a college. See Usage Notes at man, person.
tr.v. chair·manned, chair·man·ning, chair·mans
To act as chairman of.

chairman [ˈtʃɛəmən]
n pl -men
1. Also called chairperson (fem) chairwoman 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
chairmanship  n
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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chairmanchairman - the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson"
Kalon Tripa - the chairman of the Kashag and essentially head of the Tibetan government-in-exile
presiding officer - the leader of a group meeting
vice chairman - one ranking below or serving in the place of a chairman
Verb1.chairman - act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years"
head, lead - be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?"

chairman chairwoman
noun
1. director, president, chief, executive, chairperson I had done business with the company's chairman.
2. master of ceremonies, spokesman, chair, speaker, MC, chairperson The chairman declared the meeting open.
Usage: The general trend of nonsexist language is to find a term which can apply to both sexes equally, as in the use of actor to refer to both men and women. Chairman can seem inappropriate when applied to a woman, while chairwoman specifies gender, and so, as the entry above illustrates, the terms chair and chairperson are often preferred as alternatives.
Translations
chairman [ˈtʃɛəmən] N (chairmen (pl)) → presidente/a m/f
chairman's reportinforme m del presidente

chairman [ˈtʃɛərmən] nprésident m

chairman [ˈtʃɛəmən] n (-men (pl)) → presidente m
chairman [ˈtʃɛəmən] n (-men (pl)) → presidente m

chairman رئيس المجلس předseda formand Vorsitzender πρόεδρος presidente puheenjohtaja président predsjedavajući presidente 議長 의장 voorzitter styreformann przewodniczący presidente председатель ordförande ประธานกรรมการ başkan chủ tịch 主席


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