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 Definitions of president  [ˈprɛz ɪ dənt]  

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Definition of 'president' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) president
(often cap.) the chief of state and often the chief executive officer of a modern republic, as the United States.

2.  president
an officer appointed or elected to preside over an organized body of persons.

3.  president
the chief officer of a college, society, corporation, etc.

4.  president
one who presides.

Etymology:  (1325–75; ME < L praesident- (s. of praesidēns), n. use of prp. of praesidēre to preside over)

Definition of 'president' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) president
an executive officer of a firm or corporation

2. (noun) President of the United States, United States President, President, Chief Executive
the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government
"the President likes to jog every morning"

3. (noun) president
the chief executive of a republic

4. (noun) president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
"address your remarks to the chairperson"

5. (noun) president, prexy
the head administrative officer of a college or university

6. (noun) President of the United States, President, Chief Executive
the office of the United States head of state
"a President is elected every four years"


Definition of 'president' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) president
the highest-ranking political leader in some countries
the President of the United States; the first woman to be elected president

2.  president
the highest-ranking position in some organizations
the president of Global Publishing; the college president


Definition of 'president' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) president
occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding

2. (noun) president
precedent

3. (noun) president
one who is elected or appointed to preside; a presiding officer, as of a legislative body

4. (noun) president
the chief officer of a corporation, company, institution, society, or the like

5. (noun) president
the chief executive officer of the government in certain republics; as, the president of the United States

6. (noun) president
a protector; a guardian; a presiding genius


Translation of 'president' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the leading member of a club, association etc
She was elected president of the Music Society.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: hoof Arabic flag Arabic: رَئيس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: президент
Brazilian flag Brazilian: presidente Czech flag Czech: předseda, -kyně German flag German: der/die Präsident(in)
Danish flag Danish: præsident Greek flag Greek: πρόεδρος Spanish flag Spanish: presidente
Estonian flag Estonian: esimees Farsi flag Farsi: رئیس Finnish flag Finnish: puheenjohtaja
French flag French: président/-ente Hebrew flag Hebrew: נָשִׂיא Hindi flag Hindi: अध्यक्ष
Croatian flag Croatian: rektor, dekan Hungarian flag Hungarian: elnök Indonesian flag Indonesian: ketua
Icelandic flag Icelandic: forseti Italian flag Italian: presidente, presidentessa Japanese flag Japanese: 会長
Korean flag Korean:  Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: prezidentas, pirmininkas Latvian flag Latvian: prezidents; priekšsēdētāj
Malay flag Malay: presiden Dutch flag Dutch: voorzitter Norwegian flag Norwegian: leder, formann/-kvinne, p
Polish flag Polish: prezes Persian flag Persian: رئیس Pashto flag Pashto: رئيس
Portuguese flag Portuguese: presidente Romanian flag Romanian: pre­şe­dinte Russian flag Russian: председатель, президент;
Slovak flag Slovak: predseda, -kyňa Slovenian flag Slovenian: predsednik Serbian flag Serbian: predsednik
Swedish flag Swedish: ordförande Thai flag Thai: ประธาน Turkish flag Turkish: başkan, müdür, rektör
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 會長,校長,社長 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: голова Urdu flag Urdu: صدر جماعت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chủ tịch Chinese flag Chinese: 会长,校长,社长

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