vice president

noun

1
: an officer next in rank to a president and usually empowered to serve as president in that officer's absence or disability
2
: any of several officers serving as a president's deputies in charge of particular locations or functions
vice presidential adjective

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Wu Yonghui, vice president of research at Google DeepMind, left to head research at ByteDance Seed from California in February 2025. Evelyn Cheng,anniek Bao, CNBC, 5 June 2026 The backstory You can’t just open a world-class hotel in Paris—and perhaps no one is more aware of that fact than Silvio Ursini, the executive vice president of Bulgari Hotels and Resorts, who described a more than decade-long process of finding and selecting the perfect site for the hotel. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026 Garbarino, the chairman, who is White, said House rules don’t allow disparaging members of Congress, witnesses like Mullin, or the president or vice president. Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 June 2026 Chuck Paterakis, vice president of transportation for Schmidt Bakery and owner of H&S Family of Bakeries, told ABC News in May that one of his employees, Warren Boardley, was delivering a load of bread product to the Newark depot, when something struck the vehicle. Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for vice president

Word History

First Known Use

1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of vice president was in 1540

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“Vice president.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vice%20president. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.

Kids Definition

vice president

noun
: an official whose rank is next below that of the president and who takes the place of the president when necessary

Legal Definition

vice president

noun
1
: an officer next in rank to a president and usually empowered to serve as president in that officer's absence or discharge
2
: any of several officers serving as a president's deputies in charge of particular locations or functions (as sales)
vice presidential adjective

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