chairwoman

American  

[chair-woom-uhn] / ˈtʃɛərˌwʊm ən /

noun

plural

chairwomen

1. a woman who presides over a meeting, committee, department, etc.

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Gender

Is it chairman , chairwoman, or chairperson? See chairperson.

Etymology

Origin of chairwoman

First recorded in 1690–1700; chair + woman

Example Sentences

Sadia Khan, chairwoman of The Friends of Spark Green Park, said it had been left to residents to clean up "shocking" amounts of fly-tipped rubbish.

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"Mrs Poole, did you know you are the last witness… very last witness of the inquiry?" the chairwoman asked as she stepped down from the stand.

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Labour Party chairwoman Anna Turley said the reports of family voting were "extremely worrying and concerning".

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The Commons culture committee's chairwoman, Conservative MP Dame Caroline Dinenage, said Sunday's broadcast "raises questions about the extent to which lessons have been learned" from previous scandals.

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But the barrister asked the chairwoman of the inquiry to consider whether it is realistic that Calocane would have been prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned at that time while he was suffering with mental illness.

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Related Words

• administrator
• chairperson
• director
• leader
• spokesman