Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chairman"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chairman
n : the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
[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}]
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