What does Chairman mean?
Definitions for Chairman
ˈtʃɛər məncha·ir·man
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Chairman.
Princeton's WordNet
president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairpersonverb
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
"address your remarks to the chairperson"
chair, chairmanverb
act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
"She chaired the department for many years"
Wiktionary
chairmannoun
A person (implied male) presiding over a meeting.
chairmannoun
The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
chairmannoun
Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan-chair, or similar conveyance.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Chairmannoun
Etymology: from chair and man.
In these assemblies generally one person is chosen chairman or moderator, to keep the several speakers to the rules of order. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.
One elbows him, one justles in the shole,
A rafter breaks his head, or chairman ’s pole. Dryden.Troy chairmen bore the wooden steed,
Pregnant with Greeks, impatient to be freed;
Those bully Greeks, who, as the moderns do,
Instead of paying chairmen, run them through. Jonathan Swift.
Wikipedia
Chairman
The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the group, presides over meetings of the group, and conducts the group's business in an orderly fashion.In some organizations, the chairperson is also known as president (or other title). In others, where a board appoints a president (or other title), the two terms are used for distinct positions. Also, the chairman term may be used in a neutral manner not directly implying the gender of the holder.
ChatGPT
chairman
A chairman is the presiding officer or highest-ranking official in an organized group, committee, board, or corporation, responsible for conducting its meetings, leading discussions, and overseeing operations. The chairman makes decisions on behalf of the organization, often carries the highest level of authority, and acts as a representative or spokesperson.
Webster Dictionary
Chairmannoun
the presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body
Chairmannoun
one whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan
Wikidata
Chairman
The chairman, also simply known as the chair, is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office is typically elected or appointed by the members of the group. The chairman presides over meetings of the assembled group and conducts its business in an orderly fashion. When the group is not in session, the officer's duties often include acting as its head, its representative to the outside world and its spokesperson.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
Chairman
Provides the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chairman
Provides the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Editors Contribution
chairmannoun
An upper class seat for one person, typically in charge of a meeting or organization in position to carry the courage of victory with honor. 1.) A person, a man, designated to preside over a meeting. The permanent or long-term president of a committee, company, or other organization. 2.) A person who is the administrative head of a department of instruction at a college or university. 3.) A sedan-bearer.
The Chairman of Time is elected to be the son of Man in the Holy scriptures.
Etymology: Tony Ray Lucas
Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on December 5, 2023
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Rank popularity for the word 'Chairman' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #983
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Chairman' in Written Corpus Frequency: #576
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Chairman' in Nouns Frequency: #380
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Charmian
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Chairman in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Chairman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Chairman in a Sentence
It's a one-man board until Leo Quinn gets some new colleagues, he is arriving at a business where the chairman and finance director are leaving, two non-executive directors have gone and the suspicion has to be that the other non-executive directors want to go.
The White House clearly only wanted one person to see these documents, and that person was our chairman.
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the highest-ranking military officer whose sole role is providing military-specific advice to the president, and by law is prohibited from exercising executive authority to command forces, the chain of command runs from the President to the Secretary of Defense, not through the Chairman.
It turns out, Mr. Chairman, that those principals, as we call them, were on different trips at different times, i think this was also about the time of the Greenland question, about purchasing Greenland, which took up a lot of energy in the NSC.
All the woes that were plaguing EM are somewhat diminished, you could call it the JOC principle - Fed Chairman Janet Yellen, Oil and China.
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- رئيسArabic
- председателBulgarian
- předsedaCzech
- formandDanish
- Vorsitzender, VorsitzendeGerman
- πρόεδροςGreek
- prezidantoEsperanto
- presidenteSpanish
- puheenjohtajaFinnish
- président, secrétaire généralFrench
- cathaoirleachIrish
- neach-na-cathrachScottish Gaelic
- ard-hoiederManx
- יושב־ראשHebrew
- elnökHungarian
- նախագահArmenian
- presidente, chairmanInterlingua
- presidenteItalian
- 委員長, 理事長, 議長Japanese
- praesesLatin
- pirmininkas, pirmininkėLithuanian
- ċermenMaltese
- styreformannNorwegian
- voorzitterDutch
- møteleder, styreformannNorwegian
- alą́ąjįʼ dahsidáhígííNavajo, Navaho
- przewodniczącyPolish
- presidentePortuguese
- directorRomanian
- председательRussian
- نِشِستمانSindhi
- ordförandeSwedish
- chủ tịchVietnamese
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