Chairperson

2 definitions found

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

  chairperson \chairperson\ n.
     the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization;
     -- same as {chair[3]} or {chairman[1]}, but used to achieve a
     sex-neutral register.
  
     Syn: president, chairman, chairwoman, chair.


          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chairperson
       n : the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization;
           "address your remarks to the chairperson" [syn: {president},
            {chairman}, {chairwoman}, {chair}]