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cochairman

American  
[koh-chair-muhn] / koʊˈtʃɛər mən /

noun

cochairmen plural
  1. one of two or more joint chairmen.


Gender

Is it cochair, cochairman, cochairwoman, or cochairperson? See chairperson, -man.

Etymology

Origin of cochairman

First recorded in 1930–35; co- + chairman

Example Sentences

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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

In the U.S., the Hebrew Committee is backstopped by something called the American League for a Free Palestine, of which Hecht became cochairman.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week the first of a series of "Parties for Pierre" was held at the orange-roofed ocean-front home of Salinger's campaign cochairman, Pat Kennedy Lawford.

From Time Magazine Archive

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