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noun

Chairman n. (pl. chairmen)

The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.

One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan. "Breaks watchmen's heads and chairmen's glasses."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chairman" Quotes from Famous Books

... by the new president, that same Mr. Solomon Smith who had delivered the trust company's ultimatum to her after her marriage. Mr. Smith, it seemed, had recently succeeded to the dignity of President West, who had retired as chairman of the company's board, fat with honor and profit. President Solomon Smith received Adelle with all the consideration due to such an old and rich client, whose business interests were still presumably considerable, although latterly she had seen fit to remove them ...

— Clark's Field • Robert Herrick

... come to consider the annual reports of librarians. These should be made to the trustees or board of library control, by whatever name it may be known, and should be addressed to the chairman, as the organ of the board. In the preparation of such reports, two conditions are equally essential—conciseness and comprehensiveness. Every item in the administration, frequentation, and increase of the library should be separately treated, but each should be condensed ...

— A Book for All Readers • Ainsworth Rand Spofford

... Chinese woman England had ever known, and everywhere excited much interest and won warm friends. The Christian of London gives an account of a meeting held in the Parochial Hall at Clontarf near Dublin, at which the chairman proposed the ...

— Notable Women Of Modern China • Margaret E. Burton

... Tinnevelly District, a local gentleman of the Shanar caste named Arunachala Nadar. There was nothing remarkable about his career: he had lived a highly respectable life, scrupulously fulfilled his religious duties, and served with credit as chairman of the municipal board in his native village. If he had done something prodigiously wicked, one might have expected him to become a local god at once, in accordance with Dravidian precedent; but he being what he was, his post-mortem career is rather curious. For a legend gradually arose that his ...

— Hindu Gods And Heroes - Studies in the History of the Religion of India • Lionel D. Barnett

... life (which is only a great game, although a mighty good one) it makes no difference what you call your king. Call him Pope if you want to, or President, or Chairman. He grows in importance in proportion as the other side develops the attack. You've got to keep your symbol of authority protected ...

— Affair in Araby • Talbot Mundy

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