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Gen Mgtthe most senior executive in an organization. The chair of an organization is responsible for running the annual meeting, and meetings of the board of directors. He or she may be a figurehead, appointed for prestige or power, and may have no role in the day-to-day running of the organization. Sometimes the roles of chair and chief executive are combined, and the chair then has more control over daily operations; sometimes the chair is a retired chief executive. In the United States, the person who performs this function is often called a president. Historically, the term chairman was more common. The terms chairwoman or chairperson are later developments, although chair is now the most generally acceptable. Chairman, however, remains in common use, especially in the corporate sector.
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chairwoman — chair‧wom‧an [ˈtʆeəˌwʊmən ǁ ˈtʆer ] noun chairwomen PLURALFORM [ ˌwɪmɪn] [countable] COMMERCE a woman who is in charge of a meeting or who directs the work of a committee or organization; = CHAIR: • the acting chairwoman of the Broadcasting… … Financial and business terms
chairwoman — n. a female officer who presides at the meetings of a committee, meeting, or organization; a female chairperson. Syn: president, chairman, chair, chairperson. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chairwoman — [cherwoom΄ən] n. pl. chairwomen [cher′wim΄in] a female CHAIRMAN (n. 1) … English World dictionary
chairwoman — 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
Chairwoman — Chair|wo|man [ t̮ʃɛ:ɐ̯wʊmən ], die; , …women […wɪmɪn] [engl. chairwoman, zu: woman = Frau]: w. Form zu ↑ Chairman. * * * Chair|wo|man [ tʃɛ:ɐ̯wʊmən], die; , ...women [wɪmɪn; engl. chairwoman, zu woman = Frau]: vgl. ↑Chairman … Universal-Lexikon
chairwoman — [[t]tʃe͟ə(r)wʊmən[/t]] chairwomen N COUNT The chairwoman of a meeting, committee, or organization is the woman in charge of it. Primakov was in Japan meeting with the chairwoman of the Socialist Party there … English dictionary
chairwoman — UK [ˈtʃeə(r)ˌwʊmən] / US [ˈtʃerˌwʊmən] noun [countable] Word forms chairwoman : singular chairwoman plural chairwomen UK [ˈtʃeə(r)ˌwɪmɪn] / US [ˈtʃerˌwɪmɪn] a) the woman who is in charge of a meeting or committee b) the woman in charge of a large … English dictionary
chairwoman — noun A female chairperson At a Reform dinner which took place in 1832, the united ages of three women, including the chairwoman, amounted to 264. Ant: chairman … Wiktionary
chairwoman — noun the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization address your remarks to the chairperson • Syn: ↑president, ↑chairman, ↑chair, ↑chairperson • Derivationally related forms: ↑chair ( … Useful english dictionary
chairwoman — noun Date: 1685 a woman who serves as chairman … New Collegiate Dictionary
chairwoman — /chair woom euhn/, n., pl. chairwomen. a woman who presides over a meeting, committee, department, etc. Also called chairlady. [1690 1700; CHAIR + WOMAN] Usage. See chairperson. * * * … Universalium
