Chairman1

3 definitions found

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

  Chairman \Chair"man\, n.; pl. {Chairmen}.
     1. The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or
        private meeting, or of any organized body.
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     2. One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan.


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              Breaks watchmen's heads and chairmen's glasses.
                                                    --Prior.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chairman
       n : the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization;
           "address your remarks to the chairperson" [syn: {president},
            {chairwoman}, {chair}, {chairperson}]
       v : act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a
           university; "She chaired the department for many years"
           [syn: {chair}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CHAIRMAN. The presiding officer of a committee; as, chairman of the 
  committee of ways and means. The person selected to preside over a popular 
  meeting, is also  called a chairman or moderator.