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chairman definition

chair·man (-mən)

noun pl. chairmen -·men (-mən)

  1. a person who presides at a meeting or heads a committee, board, etc.
  2. a man whose work is to carry or wheel people in a chair

transitive verb chairmaned -·maned or chairmanned -·manned, chairmaning -·man·ing or chairmanning -·man·ning

to preside over as chairman

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chairman Synonyms

chairman

n.

presiding officer, director, chief executive, moderator; see chair 3.


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chairman Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • elect: Election Hong Kong's oldest Triad needs to elect a new chairman.

Adjective modifier

  • deputy: Allen, currently chief financial officer, replaces Nicholas Porter, who will take on the role of deputy chairman.

Modifies a noun

  • gillespie: An even bigger cool libation under chairman ed gillespie the seminars receptions.

Noun used with modifier

  • vise: He joined the Church of Scotland Trust in 2000 as vise chairman and was appointed chairman in 2004.

Possessives

  • reignthen: Any discomfort on a guide met the chairman's reignthen.

Preposition: of

  • selector: Chairman of selectors David Graveney has given the move his full backing and is determined not to let England lose a match all season.
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chairman quotes

   Being chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee is like jumping off a cliff. The thrill is very short.

-Bryan, Richard H(udson)

The Chairmanlooked dissatisfied lying onhis death bed.

-Min, Anchee

Asked by the chairmantheusual question: 'Iunderstand, Mr Strachey, that you have a conscientious objection to war?' hereplied (inhis curiousfalsettovoice),'Ohno, not at all, only to this war.'Better thanthiswashisreply tothe chairman's other stock question, which had previously never failed to embarrass the claimant.'Tell me, Mr Strachey, what would youdoif yousawa Germansoldier trying to violate your sister?' With an air of noble virtue: 'I would try to get between them.'

-Strachey, (Giles) Lytton

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