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Chairman - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Chairman : (noun)
1: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization;
"address your remarks to the chairperson" [syn: president,
chairwoman, chair, chairperson]
(verb)
1: act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a
university; "She chaired the department for many years"
[syn: chair]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Chairman : \Chair"man\, n.; pl. Chairmen.
1. The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or
private meeting, or of any organized body.
2. One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan.
Breaks watchmen's heads and chairmen's glasses.
--Prior.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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CHAIRMAN. The presiding officer of a committee; as,Chairman : of the
committee of ways and means. The person selected to preside over a popular
meeting, is also called a chairman or moderator.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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