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noun

Chairman n. (pl. chairmen)

The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.

One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan. "Breaks watchmen's heads and chairmen's glasses."

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Etymology of 'Chairman'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chairman" Quotes from Famous Books

... who is building the mission house at Akpap, can do the work until we find someone to take your place," answered the chairman ...

— White Queen of the Cannibals: The Story of Mary Slessor • A. J. Bueltmann

... enter?" asked Mr. Kennedy. "I am chairman of that committee. I'll put the names of you girls down, if you don't mind. It doesn't commit ...

— The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake • Laura Lee Hope

... a manufacturing business in London, and was a founder, and for many years Chairman, of the Thames ...

— Noteworthy Families (Modern Science) • Francis Galton and Edgar Schuster

... Mangles made a little movement, as if she had something to say, as if to catch, as it were, the eye of an imaginary chairman, but for once this great speaker was relegated to silence by universal acclaim. For no one seemed to want to hear her. She glanced rather impatiently at her brother, who was always surprising her by knowing more than she had given ...

— The Vultures • Henry Seton Merriman

... convention hall was no place for me. "Hang the speech of the temporary chairman, anyhow!" thought I; "and as for the platform, let it point with pride, and view with apprehension, to its heart's content; it is sure to omit all reference to the overshadowing issue of ...

— Aladdin & Co. - A Romance of Yankee Magic • Herbert Quick

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