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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats