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Definition of chairman
1a : the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or eventb : the administrative officer of a department of instruction (as in a college)
2 : a carrier of a sedan chair
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Examples of chairman in a Sentence
the chairman of the airline company
the chairman called the meeting to order
Recent Examples of chairman from the Web
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The company's president, Steve Green, is the chairman and founder of the Museum of the Bible, which is under construction in Washington, D.C.
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The company would be led by Vantiv’s chief executive officer, Charles Drucker, as executive chairman and co-chief executive.
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Diaz-Balart is chairman of the House subcommittee tasked with funding the Federal Aviation Administration, a powerful position that allows the veteran lawmaker to shape legislation that affects the federal budget.
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The result ousted the current party chairman, Isaac Herzog, who came in a distant third with less than 17 percent of the vote.
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The evening also marked the Paris launch of amfAR's new fragrance, Gala, which was conceived as a tribute to the Foundation's founding international chairman, Elizabeth Taylor, the first celebrity to have her own line of fragrances.
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In the past year, he was passed over for vice president, demoted as Trump's transition chairman, and denied a top-level administration post of his liking.
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Tony Vinciquerra, chairman and CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment (No.
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Jerry Farrell Jr., the former commissioner of DCP and chairman of the state Liquor Control Commission, points out that the state hasn't approved any specific device to be used by bars.
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First Known Use of chairman
1592
chairman
Definition of chairman
chairmaned
orchairmanned
;chairmaning
orchairmanning
transitive verb
: chair 3
First Known Use of chairman
1888
CHAIRMAN Defined for English Language Learners
chairman
playDefinition of chairman for English Language Learners
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: the person (especially a man) who is in charge of a meeting, committee, or event
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: the person who is in charge of a company or organization
CHAIRMAN Defined for Kids
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