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president definition

presi·dent (prez′i dənt, -dent′)

noun

  1. ☆ the highest executive officer of a company, society, university, club, etc.
    1. the chief executive of a republic having no prime minister
    2. in parliamentary governments, the formal head, usually the presiding member of the legislative assembly or council
  3. any presiding officer

Etymology: ME < MFr < L praesidens < prp. of praesidere: see preside

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president

n.

  1. Head of state

    chief executive, chief of state, commander-in-chief, the White House.

  2. Presiding officer

    chief executive officer, CEO, director, leader, premier, chairman, moderator; see also administrator.


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president Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • Republican: Seven of its nine members were appointed by Republican presidents.

Preposition: at

  • aon: May be worth tony accidentally and president at aon ago and has.

Adjective modifier

  • former: A similar call was made last year by a former Venezuelan president.

Modifies a noun

  • stephen: Growth president stephen at least two us but we but it was.

Noun used with modifier

  • vise: Woo Sun Park, vise president of GSM product planning at Samsung said TV was becoming a commodity item for mobile phones in Korea.

Possessives

  • cryptologic: At wwwredfeltcom and key licensees risks it one of cryptologic's president and.

Preposition: of

  • henry: Required insurers to buyers but are president of henry.
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president quotes

The President is a walking dead man. He just doesn't know it yet.

-Anonymous

Running a cemetery isjust like being President: you got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.

-Anonymous

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-Asturias, Miguel AŁ   ngel

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