vice-chairman

[vahys-chair-muhn]

noun

plural

vice-chairmen 

1. a member of a committee, board, group, etc., designated as immediately subordinate to a chairman and serving as such in the latter's absence; a person who acts for and assists a chairman.

vice-chairman

noun

1. a person who deputizes for a chairman and serves in his place during his absence or indisposition

Other Word Forms

• vice-chairmanship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of vice-chairman¹

First recorded in 1855–60