Definitions for chairman
ˈtʃɛər mənchair·man

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson(verb)

   the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

   "address your remarks to the chairperson"

2. chair, chairman(verb)

   act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university

   "She chaired the department for many years"

Wiktionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. chairman(Noun)

   A person (implied male) presiding over a meeting.

2. chairman(Noun)

   The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.

3. chairman(Noun)

   Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan-chair, or similar conveyance.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chairman(noun)

   the presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body

2. Chairman(noun)

   one whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan

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1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chairman

   Provides the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

2. Chairman

   Provides the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chairman' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #983

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chairman' in Written Corpus Frequency: #576

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chairman' in Nouns Frequency: #380

Anagrams for chairman »

1. Charmian

How to pronounce chairman?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

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   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chairman in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chairman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of chairman in a Sentence

1. Mike Pompeo:

   There's deep distrust. There's distrust between both parties. We need to see Chairman Kim actually deliver.

2. Chief Executive Jaroslaw Zagorowski:

   If the union leaders are able to achieve that, then I wish to inform you that I will hand in my resignation to the chairman of the board, a responsible manager does not abandon his company if it is undergoing a difficult time. I will leave only when I am sure that the company will manage with the difficult market situation in the coming years.

3. The North Korean adviser:

   Although Chairman Kim Jong Un has good personal feelings about President Trump, they are, in the true sense of the word, 'personal', we have been deceived by the United States, being caught in the dialogue with it for over one year and a half, and that was the lost time for us.

4. Attorney General Loretta Lynch:

   Mr. Chairman, I really don’t have a comment on the president’s expression of his views.

5. John Collins:

   Nico Jarvis told the outlet. However, John Collins, the Omaui Landcare Charitable Trust chairman argued that banning felines would promote sustainability for animals inherent to the area.'' We're not cat haters, but we want our environment to be wildlife-rich.

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