chairman

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.

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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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chairman - the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson" chairperson, chairwoman, chair, president 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
Verb	1.	chairman - act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years" chair head, lead - be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?"

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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 report → informe m del presidente

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chairman [ˈtʃɛə^rmən] n → président m

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

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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