chairman : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chairman	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for chairman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chairman n the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson" Synonym(s): president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson v act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years" Synonym(s): chair, chairman
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chairman \Chair"man\, n.; pl. {Chairmen}. 1. The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body. 2. One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan. Breaks watchmen's heads and chairmen's glasses. --Prior.