[
UK
/tʃˈeəmən/
]
[ US /ˈtʃɛɹmən/ ]
[ US /ˈtʃɛɹmən/ ]
NOUN
-
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
address your remarks to the chairperson
VERB
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act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
She chaired the department for many years
How To Use chairman In A Sentence
- They may also be friends of the chairman, so they are reluctant to upset the applecart.
- The town council chairman said the grass outside the school was being churned up by tyres.
- Long gone are the days when Chairman Mao was idolised by radicals (and even respected by some mainstream academics) on American university campuses.
- The chairman of the bank believes in the personal touch and always sends a signed letter to each customer.
- Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is scheduled to testify in front of the House Budget Committee.
- His offences came to light in January when the club's chairman telephoned him to ask why a £4,000 bill for printing the yearbook had not been paid.
- The chairman has deputed his voting power to the vice - chairman.
- We regret to announce the death of our chairman, Alfred Sidebottom.
- Kenneth Lay, Enron's chairman, has acted as George W. Bush's chief financial supporter and key backer since the latter went into politics.
- He also introduced the concept of a stipendiary chairmanship, at one stroke freeing the council from its reliance on semi-retired highflyers from the business community.