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Etymology

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Fromchair +‎-man.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chairman (pluralchairmen)

  2. A person presiding over a meeting.
  4. The head of acorporate orgovernmentalboard of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
    • 2003, William L. Taylor,Wake Island : the Alamo of the Pacific,History Channel,→OCLC:
      When I got ready to leave, why,Chairman Mao came down to the plane.Chairman Mao gave me some Chinese rugs and told me that I was the only prisoner of war that had ever come through there from North China.
    • 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, inRAIL, number978, page43:
      Unsurprisingly, the Group was highly critical of the BTC's organisation and finances, and this prompted Marples to bring forward the Transport Act 1962, which created BR as a standalone entity with its own Board, headed by a full-timechairman. Beeching accepted this latter position, and initially became the BTCchairman in June 1961.
  6. (historical) Someone whose job is tocarry people in a portablechair,sedan chair, or similar conveyance.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding,Tom Jones, Folio Society, published1973, page618:
      Mr Western entered; but not before a small wrangling bout had passed between him and hischairmen; for the fellows, who had taken up their burden at the Hercules Pillars, had conceived no hopes of having any future good customer in the squire[…]
    • 1836, Charles Dickens,The Pickwick Papers:
      Mr. Winkle, catching sight of a lady's face at the window of the sedan, turned hastily round, plied the knocker with all his might and main, and called frantically upon thechairman to take the chair away again.

Usage notes

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  • Historically this term denoted a man, but nowadays, it can also be used for women. Other gender-neutral terms could bechairperson or justchair.

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Translations

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person presiding over a meeting
head of a corporate or governmental board

Verb

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chairman (third-person singular simple presentchairmans,present participlechairmaningorchairmanning,simple past and past participlechairmanedorchairmanned)

  1. To serve as chairman.

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