president
noun
pres·i·dent
ˈpre-zə-dənt 
ˈprez-dənt,
ˈpre-zə-ˌdent
in rapid speech ˈpre-zᵊnt
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
5
a
: 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
Examples of president in a Sentence
The President will hold a news conference tomorrow.
the president of the international conference on genocide
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The president has thus far mostly focused his travel on foreign policy, making few domestic trips other than to his properties.
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Jack Lang, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
The president’s deployments of the National Guard appear poised to remain a hot-button issue at the courts heading into 2026, even as other legal battles against the president’s actions and agenda continue.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 14 Dec. 2025
The president has thus far mostly focused his travel on foreign policy, making few domestic trips other than to his properties.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 14 Dec. 2025
When the president stepped onto the balcony of the National Palace to wave the Mexican flag, millions of Mexicans saw Arce's work.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Dec. 2025
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“President.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/president. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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president
noun
pres·i·dent
ˈprez-əd-ənt
ˈprez-dənt,
ˈprez-ə-ˌdent
1
: a person who presides over a meeting
2
: the chief officer of an organization
a bank president
college president
president of our club
3
: the chief executive officer or the chief of state in a republic
Legal Definition
president
noun
pres·i·dent
ˈpre-zə-dənt, -ˌdent
often capitalized
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
U.S. Constitution art. I5
a
: 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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