cochairman
Americannoun
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Is it cochair, cochairman, cochairwoman, or cochairperson? See chairperson, -man.
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Says Tom Corson, cochairman of Lipa’s label, Warner Records: “What we’re seeing is the dawning of a new superstar.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2021
Says Swid, 42, whose husband Stephen is Knoll's cochairman: "We had a lot of chutzpah."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Vatican's Sebastiano Cardinal Baggio, Synod cochairman, protested to newsmen that he found himself having to defend the sessions' harmony—an "almost ridiculous task."
From Time Magazine Archive
As cochairman of the 1960 Kennedy campaign in Northern California, he so impressed Bobby Kennedy with his hustle that he was asked to come to Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
Carter's campaign cochairman, William Shaheen, admitted that 40% of the people his man met during his two-day swing had never heard of him before.
From Time Magazine Archive
State Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg and Assembly Deputy Speaker John Wisniewski, the cochairmen of the select committee, said the report leaves open key questions about Mr. Christie’s behavior.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 7, 2014
The county has been carved into precincts and sub-precincts, with cochairmen in each to set up committees on transportation, babysitting, telephoning and finances.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead, the family sacked Birkelund, named Guy and Evelyn as cochairmen, and installed a new manager, Family Confidant Gilbert de Botton, 46.
From Time Magazine Archive
The White House, apparently seeking consensus even in chaos, dispersed responsibility for selling the $1,000-a-couple tickets among 30 cochairmen, honorary chairmen and committeemen of all factions, many of whom are not on speaking terms.
From Time Magazine Archive
So the 300 delegates reconsidered, settled on "Progressive Citizens of America," with Kingdon and Davidson as cochairmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
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