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- [chair-muh n]
- /ˈtʃɛər mən/
- /ˈtʃeəmən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [chair-muh n]
- /ˈtʃɛər mən/
Definitions of chairman word
- countable noun chairman The chairman of a committee, organization, or company is the head of it. 3
- countable noun chairman The chairman of a meeting or debate is the person in charge, who decides when each person is allowed to speak. 3
- noun chairman a person who presides over a company's board of directors, a committee, a debate, an administrative department, etc 3
- noun chairman someone who carries a sedan chair 3
- noun chairman a person who presides at a meeting or heads a committee, board, etc. 3
- noun chairman a man whose work is to carry or wheel people in a chair 3
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Origin of chairman
First appearance:
before 1645 One of the 44% oldest English words
First recorded in 1645-55; chair + -man
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Chairman
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
chairman popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
chairman usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for chairman
noun chairman
- spokesman — a person who speaks for another or for a group.
- administrator — An administrator is a person whose job involves helping to organize and supervise the way that an organization or institution functions.
- chairperson — The chairperson of a meeting, committee, or organization is the person in charge of it.
- director — a person or thing that directs.
- leader — a person or thing that leads.
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