president

pres·i·dent  (prz-dnt, -dnt)

n.

1. One appointed or elected to preside over an organized body of people, such as an assembly or meeting.

2.

a. The chief executive of a republic.

b. The chief executive of the United States, serving as both chief of state and chief political executive.

3. The chief officer of a branch of government, corporation, board of trustees, university, or similar body.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin praesidns, praesident-, from present participle of praesidre, to preside; see preside.]

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presi·dent·ship n.

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president [ˈprɛzɪdənt]

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (often capital) the chief executive or head of state of a republic, esp of the US

2. (Business / Commerce) (in the US) the chief executive officer of a company, corporation, etc.

3. a person who presides over an assembly, meeting, etc.

4. (Social Science / Education) the chief executive officer of certain establishments of higher education

[via Old French from Late Latin praesidens ruler; see preside]

presidential  [ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl] adj

presidentially  adv

presidentship  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	president - an executive officer of a firm or corporation business executive, corporate executive - an executive in a business corporation
	2.	President - the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government; "the President likes to jog every morning" Chief Executive, President of the United States, United States President executive branch, Executive Office of the President - the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws chief of state, head of state - the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government
	3.	president - the chief executive of a republic ex-president - a former president chief of state, head of state - the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government
	4.	president - the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson" chairman, chairperson, chairwoman, chair 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
	5.	president - the head administrative officer of a college or university prexy academic administrator - an administrator in a college or university
	6.	President - the office of the United States head of state; "a President is elected every four years" Chief Executive, President of the United States presidentship, presidency - the office and function of president; "Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time"

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president

noun

1. head of state, chief of state The White House says the president would veto the bill.

2. chairman, director, chief executive (officer), managing director, MD, CEO, chairwoman the president of the new company

U.S. Presidents

President	Party	Term of office
1. George Washington	Federalist	1789-97
2. John Adams	Federalist	1797-1801
3. Thomas Jefferson	Democratic Republican	1801-1809
4. James Madison	Democratic Republican	1809-1817
5. James Monroe	Democratic Republican	1817-25
6. John Quincy Adams	Democratic Republican	1825-29
7. Andrew Jackson	Democrat	1829-37
8. Martin Van Buren	Democrat	1837-41
9. William Henry Harrison	Whig	1841
10. John Tyler	Whig	1841-45
11. James K. Polk	Democrat	1845-49
12. Zachary Taylor	Whig	1849-50
13. Millard Fillmore	Whig	1850-53
14. Franklin Pierce	Democrat	1853-57
15. James Buchanan	Democrat	1857-61
16. Abraham Lincoln	Republican	1861-65
17. Andrew Johnson	Republican	1865-69
18. Ulysses S. Grant	Republican	1869-77
19. Rutherford B. Hayes	Republican	1877-81
20. James A. Garfield	Republican	1881
21. Chester A. Arthur	Republican	1881-85
22. Grover Cleveland	Democrat	1885-89
23. Benjamin Harrison	Republican	1889-93
24. Grover Cleveland	Democrat	1893-97
25. William McKinley	Republican	1897-1901
26. Theodore Roosevelt	Republican	1901-1909
27. William Howard Taft	Republican	1909-13
28. Woodrow Wilson	Democrat	1913-21
29. Warren G. Harding	Republican	1921-23
30. Calvin Coolidge	Republican	1923-29
31. Herbert C. Hoover	Republican	1929-33
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt	Democrat	1933-45
33. Harry S. Truman	Democrat	1945-53
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower	Republican	1953-61
35. John F. Kennedy	Democrat	1961-63
36. Lyndon B. Johnson	Democrat	1963-69
37. Richard M. Nixon	Republican	1969-74
38. Gerald R. Ford	Republican	1974-77
39. James E. Carter, Jr	Democrat	1977-81
40. Ronald W. Reagan	Republican	1981-89
41. George H. W. Bush	Republican	1989-93
42. William J. Clinton	Democrat	1993-2001
43. George W. Bush	Republican	2001-

Translations

president [ˈprezɪdənt] N [of country, company, organization] → presidente/a m/f (US) (Univ) → rector(a) m/f
president-elect → presidente/a m/f electo/a
President's list N (US) (Univ) → lista f de honor académica DEAN'S LIST

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president [ˈprɛzɪdənt] n

(also President) (= head of state) → président(e) m/f

[union, association, charity, club] → président(e) m/f

(US) [company] → président-directeur général, PDG m
president-elect [ˌprɛzɪdəntɪˈlɛkt] n → président m désigné

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president

n → Präsident(in) m(f); (esp US: of company) → Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende(r) mf; (US Univ) → Rektor(in) m(f)

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president [ˈprɛzɪd/ənt] n (Pol) → presidente m (Am) (of company) → direttore/trice generale

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president → رئيس, عضو مُنتَدب generální ředitel, prezident administrerende direktør, præsident Geschäftsführer, Präsident διευθύνων σύμβουλος, πρόεδρος director ejecutivo, presidente presidentti, toimitusjohtaja directeur général, président generalni direktor, predsjednik amministratore delegato, presidente 大統領, 社長 대통령, 전무이사 directeur, president administrerende direktør, president dyrektor naczelny, prezydent administrador delegado, diretor presidente, presidente президент, управляющий директор president, verkställande direktör กรรมการผู้จัดการ, ประธานาธิบดี başkan, genel müdür chủ tịch, giám đốc điều hành 总统, 董事总经理