vice president

or vice-pres·i·dent

[ vahys-prez-i-duhnt ]

/ ˈvaɪs ˈprɛz ɪ dənt /

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noun

an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president's absence.

an officer next in rank to a president who serves as a deputy to the president or oversees a special division or function.

U.S. Government. the officer of this rank who is elected at the same time as the president and who succeeds to the presidency upon the resignation, removal, death, or disability of the president: Lincoln's first vice president was Hannibal Hamlin.

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Origin of vice president

First recorded in 1565–75

OTHER WORDS FROM vice president

vice pres·i·den·cy, vice-pres·i·den·cy, nounvice-pres·i·den·tial, adjective

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How to use vice president in a sentence

Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.
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He sees himself as the first Muslim president of all Europe.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
By 2012, Democratic President Barack Obama owned the Asian-American vote, winning it by 47 percentage points.
Asian-Americans Are The New Florida|Tim Mak|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
With Vice, that was an example of you keeping yourself interested too, right?
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While Huckabee is thinking about his run for president, I thought it was time to think about Huckabee.
The Devil in Mike Huckabee|Dean Obeidallah|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The president sat in a chair which came over with the pilgrims in their ship, the Mayflower.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
When we speak against one capital vice, we ought to speak against its opposite; the middle betwixt both is the point for virtue.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
And it would be hard indeed, if so remote a prince's notions of virtue and vice were to be offered as a standard for all mankind.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
John Thornton Kirkland, president of Harvard university, died, aged 70.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
On the other hand, many men, by their own vice and intemperance, disqualify themselves for conversation.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe

British Dictionary definitions for vice president

vice president

noun

an officer ranking immediately below a president and serving as his deputy. A vice president takes the president's place during his absence or incapacity, after his death, and in certain other circumstancesAbbreviation: VP, V. Pres

Derived forms of vice president

vice presidency, nounvice presidential, adjective

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