cochairman
noun
co·chair·man
ˌkō-ˈcher-mən 
plural cochairmen
: someone and especially a man who is a cochair
… Simmons served as cochairman of the march, along with the Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III …—
Johnnie L. Roberts
Johnnie L. RobertsThe President today announced that he will nominate Carin Ann Clauss to be Solicitor of the Department of Labor. … She was cochairman of the Labor Committee of the Federal Bar Association in 1968 and 1972.—Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Jimmy Carter, 1977
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Jimmy Carter, 1977Examples of cochairman in a Sentence
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Scott Segal, cochairman of the Policy Resolution Group at Bracewell, told the Washington Examiner that economic factors have primarily driven the trend away from coal, noting that many of the toughest climate regulations were not fully implemented.
—Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 23 Aug. 2025
The lack of social safety nets in many Asian countries motivated many governments to roll out the vaccines quickly, said Tikki Pangestu, a cochairman of the Asia-Pacific Immunization Coalition, a group that assesses COVID-19 vaccine preparedness.
—BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2021
But his open advocacy of an ownership bid by Oracle—whose cochairman, Larry Ellison, hosted a top-dollar fundraiser for the President earlier this year—has raised hackles in Congress and C-suites alike.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2020
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Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 23 Aug. 2025
The lack of social safety nets in many Asian countries motivated many governments to roll out the vaccines quickly, said Tikki Pangestu, a cochairman of the Asia-Pacific Immunization Coalition, a group that assesses COVID-19 vaccine preparedness.
—BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2021
But his open advocacy of an ownership bid by Oracle—whose cochairman, Larry Ellison, hosted a top-dollar fundraiser for the President earlier this year—has raised hackles in Congress and C-suites alike.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2020
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“Cochairman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cochairman. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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