Chairman — of the Board redirects here. For other meanings, see Chairman of the Board (disambiguation). For the car produced by SsangYong, see SsangYong Chairman. For the Convenor of Crossbench Peers in the House of Lords, see Crossbencher#Convenor. The… … Wikipedia
chairman — chair‧man [ˈtʆeəmən ǁ ˈtʆer ] noun chairmen PLURALFORM [ mən] [countable] 1. someone, especially a man, who is in charge of a meeting or who directs the work of a committee or organization; = CHAIR: • The chairman then declared the meeting closed … Financial and business terms
chairman — I noun chair, conductor, director, head, headman, key man, leader, master of ceremonies, moderator, monitor, overseer, person in authority, presider, presiding officer, principal, qui conventui praeest, speaker, supervisor, symposiarch associated … Law dictionary
chairman — chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, chair The term chairman, which combines connotations of power with grammatical gender bias, has been a keyword in feminist sensitivities about language. Chairwoman dates from the 17c, but (as the OED notes) it… … Modern English usage
chairman — CÉRMEN/ s. m. preşedinte (al unei şedinţe). (< engl. chairman) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
chairman — [cher′mən] n. pl. chairmen [cher′mən] 1. a person who presides at a meeting or heads a committee, board, etc. 2. a man whose work is to carry or wheel people in a chair vt. chairmaned or chairmanned, chairmaning or chairmanning to preside over as … English World dictionary
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. [1913 Webster] 2. One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan. [1913 Webster] Breaks watchmen s heads and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chairman — (n.) 1650s, occupier of a chair of authority, from CHAIR (Cf. chair) (n.) + MAN (Cf. man) (n.). Meaning member of a corporate body chosen to preside at meetings is from c.1730. Chairwoman first attested 1690s; CHAIRPERSON (Cf. chairperson) 1971 … Etymology dictionary
chairman — /ˈtʃɛrmen, ingl. ˈtʃɛəmən/ [vc. ingl., comp. di chair «sedia, cattedra» e man «uomo»] s. m. inv. presidente, capo (est.), boss (gerg.) … Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione
chairman — (or chairwoman) ► NOUN ▪ a person in charge of a meeting or organization … English terms dictionary
] ou [
-], plur. chairmen [(t)
]. N'est transcrit ds aucun dict. À l'initiale on hésite entre [
] et [
]; à ce sujet cf. FOUCHÉ Prononc. 1959, p. 272, rem. 1. À la finale on distingue le sing. chairman qui se prononce en [-an] (ibid., p. 387) du plur. (absent ds les dict.) chairmen qui se prononce en [-
] inaccentué, l'accent étant porté par la syll. précédente. Noter que la prononc. des plur. angl. en [-
] est vieillie (ibid., p. 174 et 386). Étymol. et Hist. 1785, 29 nov. (Journal de Paris, p. 1374 ds BARB. Infl. 1923, p. 8). Angl. chairman (composé de chair « chaise » et de man « homme ») dep. 1654 ds NED. Fréq. abs. littér. :3. Bbg. BARB. Infl. 1823, p. 8. — BONN. 1920, p. 26.