President

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  President \Pres"i*dent\, n. [F. pr['e]sident, L. praesidens,
     -entis, p. pr. of praesidere. See {Preside}.]
     1. One who is elected or appointed to preside; a presiding
        officer, as of a legislative body. Specifically:
        (a) The chief officer of a corporation, company,
            institution, society, or the like.


        (b) The chief executive officer of the government in
            certain republics; as, the president of the United
            States.
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     2. A protector; a guardian; a presiding genius. [Obs.]
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              Just Apollo, president of verse.      --Waller.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  President \Pres"i*dent\, n.
     Precedent. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  President \Pres"i*dent\, a.
     Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest
     authority; presiding. [R.]
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           His angels president
           In every province.                       --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  president
       n 1: an executive officer of a firm or corporation
       2: the person who holds the office of head of state of the
          United States government; "the President likes to jog
          every morning" [syn: {President of the United States}, {United
          States President}, {Chief Executive}]
       3: the chief executive of a republic
       4: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization;
          "address your remarks to the chairperson" [syn: {chairman},
           {chairwoman}, {chair}, {chairperson}]
       5: the head administrative officer of a college or university
          [syn: {prexy}]
       6: the office of the United States head of state; "a President
          is elected every four years" [syn: {President of the
          United States}, {Chief Executive}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "president":
     academic dean, administration, administrator, archon, chancellor,
     chief executive, chief executive officer, chief of state, dean,
     dean of men, dean of women, dewan, doge, executive,
     executive director, executive officer, executive secretary,
     grand vizier, head of state, headmaster, headmistress, magistrate,
     management, managing director, master, officer, official, prefect,
     premier, prexy, prime minister, principal, provost, rector,
     secretary, the administration, treasurer, vice-chancellor,
     vice-president, warden
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  PRESIDENT, n.  The leading figure in a small group of men of whom --
  and of whom only -- it is positively known that immense numbers of
  their countrymen did not want any of them for President.
  
      If that's an honor surely 'tis a greater
      To have been a simple and undamned spectator.
      Behold in me a man of mark and note
      Whom no elector e'er denied a vote! --
      An undiscredited, unhooted gent
      Who might, for all we know, be President
      By acclimation.  Cheer, ye varlets, cheer --
      I'm passing with a wide and open ear!
                                                          Jonathan Fomry