Definitions for chairman

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chairman chair·man

Spelling: [chair-muh n]

IPA: /ˈtʃɛər mən/

Chairman is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 267 anagrams from letters in chairman (aachimnr).

Definitions for chairman

noun

1. the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.
2. the administrative head of a department in a high school, college, or university.
3. someone employed to carry or wheel a person in a chair.

verb (used with object)

1. to act as or be chairman of (a meeting, committee, etc.).

Origin of chairman

First recorded in 1645-55; chair + -man

Examples for chairman

Their friendship began when Krauss, who was chairman of the physics department at Case Western in Cleveland, sought out Epstein.

"That is my name," said the chairman of the Malgamite Fund, with his finger in his watch-chain.

The chairman rose to propose the toast of the evening, and was received with cheers.

Marsh shouted to the chairman, and the piercing whistle for order was heard.

Mr. Randell, the chairman of the Perth Municipality, read an address of welcome.

“There are people in the party who live alternative lifestyles,” said Michael McDonald, the state GOP chairman.

He was chairman of this, Trustee of that, President of the other.

Occasionally Lew Wasserman, the chairman of MCA and one of Hitchcock's oldest friends, rings up just to see how he is.

He founded Housing Enterprise for the Less Privileged (HELP), and served as chairman of the New York City Homeless Commission.

He recently put up $50 million for half the cost of the Kennedy Center expansion, where he is chairman of the board.