CHAIRMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chairman mean? 

• CHAIRMAN (noun)
  The noun CHAIRMAN has 1 sense:

1. the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

  Familiarity information: CHAIRMAN used as a noun is very rare.

• CHAIRMAN (verb)
  The verb CHAIRMAN has 1 sense:

1. act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university

  Familiarity information: CHAIRMAN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHAIRMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

chair; chairman; chairperson; chairwoman; president

Context example:

address your remarks to the chairperson

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)

• CHAIRMAN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

chair; chairman

Context example:

She chaired the department for many years

Hypernyms (to "chairman" is one way to...):

head; lead (be in charge of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

chairman (the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization)

 Context examples 

When you drove home after the concert I called upon Scotland Yard and upon the chairman of the bank directors, with the result that you have seen.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He obeyed the mandate, walking up to the platform, as was the custom, and addressing the chairman.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“It’s for the chairman to choose.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When quiet had been restored and the audience resumed their seats after the ovation which they had given to the travelers, the chairman, the Duke of Durham, addressed the meeting.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We recently identified a molecule called Alda-1 that activates the defective enzyme, and (...) we determined how this activation is achieved, said Thomas D. Hurley, Ph.D., professor and associate chairman of biochemistry and molecular biology at Indiana University School of Medicine.

(Alcohol Could be Toxic and Cause DNA Damage for Some People, NIH, US)

The chairmen were dismissed; I put the chair, with his lordship in it, into my coat-pocket: and, giving orders to a trusty servant, to say I was indisposed and gone to sleep, I fastened the door of my house, placed the chair on the table, according to my usual custom, and sat down by it.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

They were too earnest to be always polite, and more than once the chairman rapped and pounded for order.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

'Yes,' 'No,' and prolonged interruption, during which Professor Challenger was heard from the Press box to ask leave from the chairman to put Dr. Illingworth into the street.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Merryweather is the chairman of directors, and he will explain to you that there are reasons why the more daring criminals of London should take a considerable interest in this cellar at present.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had caught their interest, and the audience urged the chairman by acclamation to extend Martin's time.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)