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chairlady

American  
[chair-ley-dee] / ˈtʃɛərˌleɪ di /

noun

  • chairladies
    plural
  1. chairwoman.


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Etymology

Origin of chairlady

First recorded in 1920–25; chair + lady

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The orphanage’s cartoonishly villainous chairlady, Miss Garnett, is especially nasty to Meg—who is plucky and appealing, if perhaps a bit more precocious than seems credible.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

Her chum, and coworker, Minerva Bernardino of the Dominican Republic, was put in as vice chairlady to run things as satrap for the lady from Argentina.

From Time Magazine Archive

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