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chairman
[ chair-muhn ]
noun
- the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- the administrative head of a department in a high school, college, or university.
- someone employed to carry or wheel a person in a chair.
verb (used with object)
- to act as or be chairman of (a meeting, committee, etc.).
chairman
/ ˈtʃɛəmən /
noun
- Also calledchairpersonfemchairwoman a person who presides over a company's board of directors, a committee, a debate, an administrative department, etc
- history someone who carries a sedan chair
Usage
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Derived Forms
- ˈchairmanˌship, noun
Example Sentences
In a letter addressed to Robert Iger, the chief executive of Disney, FCC chairman Carr said he wants to ensure that the media company "ends any and all discriminatory initiatives in substance, not just name".
Sures, vice chairman at United Talent Agency, said he was targeted because he is Jewish.
In mid-February, Trump engineered the takeover of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by dismissing board members appointed by former President Biden and getting himself named chairman.
Shortly after taking office, Trump fired the board of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC, and installed himself as chairman.
"I am pleased to see such a decisive outcome," said interim chairman Sir Bill Beaumont.
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