chairman
/ˈtʃɛɹ.mən/ noun A2- A person presiding over a meeting, sometimes especially a man. (Compare chairwoman, chairperson, chair.)
- The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
- Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance.
Plural chairmen
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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.”
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 man with the blue coat and the roll of paper is Sir William Baskerville, who was Chairman of Committees of the House of Commons under Pitt.”
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