chairwoman
noun
chair·wom·an
ˈcher-ˌwu̇-mən 
plural chairwomen
: a woman who serves as chairperson
the committee's chairwoman
the chairwoman of the university's physics department
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The subcommittee's chairwoman, Cuban-American Congresswoman Maria Salazar, a Republican who represents Miami, cut him off.
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Rick Jervis, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
But the single-take fight scene that follows, as Lindsay, Ashley, and Austin fend off the chairwoman’s crooks, benefits from the roving camera.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
What Lindsay doesn’t understand is that many Koreans of chairwoman Park’s generation have long-standing beef with Japan—the nation that occupied Korea under colonial rule from 1910 to 1945.
—Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 Apr. 2026
Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Chinese Nationalist Party (also known as the Kuomintang, KMT), met Xi in Beijing on Friday.
—Eryk Michael Smith, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
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Rick Jervis, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
But the single-take fight scene that follows, as Lindsay, Ashley, and Austin fend off the chairwoman’s crooks, benefits from the roving camera.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
What Lindsay doesn’t understand is that many Koreans of chairwoman Park’s generation have long-standing beef with Japan—the nation that occupied Korea under colonial rule from 1910 to 1945.
—Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 Apr. 2026
Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Chinese Nationalist Party (also known as the Kuomintang, KMT), met Xi in Beijing on Friday.
—Eryk Michael Smith, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
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chairwoman
noun
chair·wom·an
-ˌwu̇m-ən
: a woman who conducts a meeting
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