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
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First Known Use of chairman
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Definition of chairman
chairmaned
orchairmanned
;chairmaning
orchairmanning
transitive verb
: chair 3
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First Known Use of chairman
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CHAIRMAN Defined for English Language Learners
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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
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