plural chairmen
1
: a person and especially a man who serves as chairperson
the chairman of the board
the chairman of the college's English department
2
: a carrier of a sedan chair
chairmaned or chairmanned; chairmaning or chairmanning
Examples of chairman in a Sentence
Noun
the chairman of the airline company
the chairman called the meeting to order
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
At the meeting, Suez Canal Authority chairman Osama Rabie said the passage is fully prepared to receive vessels and restore services to normal levels in the wake of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 25 Nov. 2025
Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022
The tax code gives the Ways and Means chairman the ability to request any tax returns from the Treasury Department and says that the Treasury secretary shall provide those returns.
—Richard Rubin, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2021
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Noun
John Robert Smith, former chairman of Amtrak’s board and longtime chair of Transportation for America, said the country’s failure to modernize its rail network stems from decades of policy neglect.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
At the meeting, Suez Canal Authority chairman Osama Rabie said the passage is fully prepared to receive vessels and restore services to normal levels in the wake of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 25 Nov. 2025
Verb
Emmerich was promoted to chairman the following year.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022
The tax code gives the Ways and Means chairman the ability to request any tax returns from the Treasury Department and says that the Treasury secretary shall provide those returns.
—Richard Rubin, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2021
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“Chairman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chairman. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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