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CHAIRMAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
Example:
address your remarks to the chairperson
Synonyms:
chair; chairman; chairperson; chairwoman; president
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("chairman" is a kind of...):
presiding officer (the leader of a group meeting)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chairman"):
Kalon Tripa (the chairman of the Kashag and essentially head of the Tibetan government-in-exile)
vice chairman (one ranking below or serving in the place of a chairman)
Derivation:
chairman (act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university)
chairmanship (the position of chairman)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
Example:
She chaired the department for many years
Synonyms:
chair; chairman
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "chairman" is one way to...):
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
chairman (the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization)
Context examples:
Waldron sat down, and, after a chirrup from the chairman, Professor Challenger rose and advanced to the edge of the platform.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"What is YOUR name, sir?" the chairman asked of my tall rival.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
At this point Mr. Waldron whispered to the chairman, who half rose and said something severely to his water-carafe.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The chairman was on his feet flapping both his hands and bleating excitedly.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The uproar of his advent had not yet died away when Professor Ronald Murray, the chairman, and Mr. Waldron, the lecturer, threaded their way to the front, and the proceedings began.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If I come down among you— (General chorus of Come, love, come! which interrupted the proceedings for some moments, while the chairman, standing up and waving both his arms, seemed to be conducting the music. The Professor, with his face flushed, his nostrils dilated, and his beard bristling, was now in a proper Berserk mood.)
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There was a turmoil in the audience—someone screamed, two ladies in the front row fell senseless from their chairs, and there was a general movement upon the platform to follow their chairman into the orchestra.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Lord John Roxton's reputation as a sportsman and a traveler is, of course, world-famous, said the chairman; at the same time it would certainly be as well to have a member of the Press upon such an expedition.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
