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n] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -men, verb -maned or -manned, -man·ing or -man·ning.

–noun

1.	the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.

2.	the administrative head of a department in a high school, college, or university.

3.	someone employed to carry or wheel a person in a chair.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to act as or be chairman of (a meeting, committee, etc.).

[Origin: 1645–55; chair + -man

]

—Usage note See chairperson.

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chair·man Audio Help (châr'mən) Pronunciation Key
n.

The presiding officer of an assembly, meeting, committee, or board.
The administrative head of a department of instruction, as at a college. See Usage Notes at man, person.

tr.v. chair·manned, chair·man·ning, chair·mans
To act as chairman of.

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

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ˈchairman, *chairperson, *chairwoman nouns

a person who takes charge of or directs a meeting

Arabic:	رَئيسُ الجَلْسَه
Chinese (Simplified):	主席
Chinese (Traditional):	主席
Czech:	předseda
Danish:	formand
Dutch:	voorzitter
Estonian:	koosoleku juhataja
Finnish:	puheenjohtaja
French:	président, *-ente
German:	die, *der Vorsitzende
Greek:	πρόεδρος
Icelandic:	fundarstjóri
Indonesian:	ketua
Italian:	presidente

Japanese:	議長
Latvian:	priekšsēdētājs; priekšsēdētāja
Lithuanian:	pirmininkas, pirmininkė
Norwegian:	formann, *-kvinne, leder, ordstyrer
Polish:	przewodniczący
Portuguese (Brazil):	presidente
Portuguese (Portugal):	presidente
Romanian:	preşedinte
Russian:	(женщина-)председатель
Slovak:	predseda, -kyňa
Slovenian:	predsednik, predsednica
Spanish:	presidente; presidenta
Swedish:	ordförande
Turkish:	başkan, reis

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chairman

The highest-ranking executive in a corporation. The chairman leads the board of directors in setting broad corporate goals and determining if managers are, in fact, pursuingand achieving those goals. In large corporations the chairman is not ordinarily involved in day-to-day operational activities, although it is likely that he or she was the chief executive officerbefore attaining the position of chairman. In some corporations, the chairman also serves as the president and the chief executive officer. Also called chairman of the board. See also director.

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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.

2. One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan.

Breaks watchmen's heads and chairmen's glasses. --Prior.

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