president

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pres·i·dent | \ ˈpre-zə-dənt

, ˈprez-dənt, ˈpre-zə-ˌdent, in rapid speech ˈpre-zᵊnt \

Definition of president

1 : an official chosen to preside over a meeting or assembly

2 : an appointed governor of a subordinate political unit

3 : the chief officer of an organization (such as a corporation or institution) usually entrusted with the direction and administration of its policies

4 : the presiding officer of a governmental body

5a : an elected official serving as both chief of state and chief political executive in a republic having a presidential government

b : an elected official having the position of chief of state but usually only minimal political powers in a republic having a parliamentary government

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The President will hold a news conference tomorrow. the president of the international conference on genocide

Recent Examples on the Web After polls in early May showed that Barnette had pulled into a near-dead heat with the front runners, voters began searching to learn more about her, according to Tyler Brown, a Republican consultant and president of Hadron Strategies. — Charlotte Alter, Time, 17 May 2022 The president and first lady Jill Biden are to visit the city on Tuesday. — Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2022 The episode stained the Reagan administration and raised questions as to how much the president was aware of what was going on in his own White House. — New York Times, 13 May 2022 Where the president should be direct and full-throated, Biden has been, at best, indirect and pusillanimous. — The Editors, National Review, 12 May 2022 Yet most Salvadoreans are not as enthusiastic about Bitcoin as their president is. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 10 May 2022 The next president is also likely to hear demands to prosecute outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte for thousands of killings during his anti-drug crackdown — deaths already under investigation by the International Criminal Court. — Jim Gomez, ajc, 9 May 2022 Now another virus was surging in the country, and the president was on television telling people to stay home. — Washington Post, 6 May 2022 This year, the association's president is CBS News' Steven Portnoy. — Victoria Albert, CBS News, 6 May 2022 See More

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president

noun

pres·i·dent | \ ˈpre-zə-dənt

Kids Definition of president

1 : the head of the government and chief executive officer of a modern republic

2 : the chief officer of a company, organization, or society a bank president a college president

president

noun, often capitalized

pres·i·dent | \ ˈpre-zə-dənt, -ˌdent

Legal Definition of president

1 : an official chosen to preside over a meeting or assembly

2 : an appointed governor of a subordinate political unit

3 : the chief officer of an organization (as a corporation or institution) usually entrusted with the direction and administration of its policies

4 : the presiding officer of a governmental body the Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate — U.S. Constitution art. I

5a : an elected official serving as both chief of state and chief political executive in a republic having a presidential government

b : an elected official having the position of chief of state but usually only minimal political powers in a republic having a parliamentary government

Other Words from president

presidential \ ˌpre-zə-ˈden-chəl

\ adjective

presidentially adverb

presidentship noun