Associations to the word «Chairman»

Wiktionary

CHAIRMAN, noun. A person (implied male) presiding over a meeting.
CHAIRMAN, noun. The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
CHAIRMAN, noun. (historical) Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance.

Dictionary definition

CHAIRMAN, noun. The officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson".
CHAIRMAN, verb. Act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope