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chairperson
[ chair-pur-suhn ]
noun
- a person who presides over a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- the administrative head of a department in a high school, college, or university.
chairperson
/ ˈtʃɛəˌpɜːsən /
noun
- another word for chairman
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Other Words From
- chairperson·ship noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of chairperson1
Example Sentences
In the meantime it will set up a a new interim executive committee, led by the firm's chairperson John Elkann.
In February, just weeks after the presidential inauguration in Washington, Africa’s leaders will meet in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to elect a new chairperson of the AU Commission.
She said an interim chairperson had been appointed.
Tim Lowe, the chairperson of the school's board of governors, said some parents will not be able to afford the increase.
More than 1,200 people have signed an open letter to Yvette Vaughan Jones, the chairperson of the WNO board, calling on her to intervene with WNO management to save jobs in the company’s chorus.
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