Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chairman or chairwoman.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; -- same as
chair{3} orchairman{1} , but used to achieve a sex-neutral register.
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- noun a
chairman orchairwoman , someone whopresides over ameeting ,board , etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
Etymologies
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Examples
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Now the convention chairperson is going to "step in" to insure that a candidate is chosen before the convention meets to choose a candidate.
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H. Clinton and Obama both voted to not have their votes count – so what Howard Dean has agreed to, along with the state campaign chairperson, is above the bar.
Clinton adviser: Clinton 'willing' to lend campaign more money 2008
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David Graves, a parent activist and longtime Zoning Board chairperson is running independently.
Archive 2007-04-01 Dan 2007
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David Graves, a parent activist and longtime Zoning Board chairperson is running independently.
Board of Ed candidate forum tomorrow Dan 2007
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in chairperson's foreword to Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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Their chairperson was a smart, dedicated woman who knew her town intimately, having lived there for decades, and was a natural leader – charismatic, eloquent, and hardworking.
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Pace will be removed from the country's top military position having served only two years as chairperson, which is the shortest tenure anyone has served in that position in 43 years.
Breaking Story! Marine General Peter W. Pace Resigns as Chairman of Joint Chiefs 2007
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I am bothered by the increasing use of the word chairperson, instead of chairman.
Word Court 1995
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Actag chairperson, Mr Andries Oliphant, said he had sent reports and letters to six or seven African embassies in Pretoria requesting "African resource people" to make presentations to the task group.
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Mr Joseph Chiole (FF) called the chairperson ther Smangaliso
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