chairwoman

noun chair·wom·an \ -ˌwu̇-mən \

Updated on: 15 Apr 2018

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plural chairwomen

: a woman who serves as chairman

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Donnally, the vice chairwoman of the Palm Beach County Republican Party, raised $13,480 from March 3 through Thursday, bringing her overall total to $25,731.

— staff and wire reports, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Voters choose Jeff Clemens replacement in special election today," 10 Apr. 2018
The latest round of talks took place in California last week between Mary D. Nichols, chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board, and William Wehrum, the E.P.A.’s senior clean air adviser.

— New York Times, "Quietly, Trump Officials and California Seek a Deal on Car Emissions," 5 Apr. 2018
Commission Chairwoman Ariel Marzouca-Jaunai and vice chairwoman Jacqueline Massey Greene voted to relieve Farmer of his duties and pay him through the end of June.

— steven goode, Courant Community, "Bloomfield's Blue Hills Fire Chief Robert Farmer Relieved Of Duties," 5 Apr. 2018
Canaday Howard is the Theatre Department chairwoman at the College of DuPage.

— annie alleman, Naperville Sun, "COD theater stage timeless tale of 'Anne Frank'," 22 Mar. 2018
The House report also included claims that Huawei’s chairwoman, Sun Yafang, had worked for the Ministry of State Security.

— max chafkin, Bloomberg.com, "Why America Is So Scared of China’s Biggest Tech Company," 22 Mar. 2018
Preckwinkle is a vice chairwoman of the Cook County Democratic Party; Berrios, who conceded defeat in his bid for re-election Tuesday, is the chairman.

— steve schmadeke and dan hinkel, chicagotribune.com, "Cook County Board President Preckwinkle easily wins third term despite pop tax uproar," 21 Mar. 2018
The bill started in the House Agricultural Affairs Committee, where it was sponsored by the committee’s chairwoman, rancher and Rep. Judy Boyle, R-Midvale.

— cynthia sewell, idahostatesman, "Trespass bill could be changed again — endangering chances it will pass this session | Idaho Statesman," 14 Mar. 2018
Contreras-Sweet, who will be executive chairwoman of the new company, is a respected player in politics and the private sector, but has no experience in the entertainment industry.

— ryan faughnder, latimes.com, "Buying Harvey Weinstein's former studio may be the easy part for Contreras-Sweet. Now what?," 3 Mar. 2018

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: a woman who leads a meeting, organization, committee, or event

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chairwoman

noun chair·wom·an \ ˈcher-ˌwu̇-mən \

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plural chairwomen \-ˌwi-mən\

1 : a woman who leads a meeting, group, or event : chair

2 : a woman who is in charge of a company

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