Meaning
The person who leads a meeting, a company, or a committee.
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Word origin
A compound of chair and man: the person who sat in the chair at the head of the meeting.
- Origin
- English
- Root
- chair + man
- English cognates
- chair
Examples
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The chairman decides when a meeting starts and ends.
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After "become", job titles like chairman often take no "the".
chairperson .
These newer words work for both men and women.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 28, lesson 4: chairman, spider, actress and 7 more words.