chairlady

American  

[chair-ley-dee] / ˈtʃɛərˌleɪ di /

noun

PLURAL

chairladies

1. chairwoman.

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Etymology

Origin of chairlady

First recorded in 1920–25; chair + lady

Example Sentences

At 2 p.m. on a sunny afternoon in August, Ms. Zhang — known reverently within the company as “Chairlady” — walked into the Old Town mill for its grand opening.

From New York Times

Then she turned her face to Ms. Zhang, whom she called “our Chairlady.”

From New York Times

Another software techie, Li Yuqin, chairlady of Beijing TRS Information Technology, became a billionaire this week.

From Forbes

Liu Di, 54, chairlady of Beijing Sanlian Hope Shin-Gosen Technical Service, last week became a billionaire on gains in the share price of Shenzhen-listed Beijing Sanlian Hope New Synthetic Technical Services, a supplier of textile industry technical services.

From Forbes

The company’s chairlady is Cheung Yan, dubbed China’s “wastepaper queen” for gathering wastepaper worldwide and turning it into packaging paper that is mostly sold in China.

From Forbes