chairman

Meanings

Plural: chairmen

Noun

• the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
• A person presiding over a meeting.
• The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
• Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance.

Verb

• act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
• To serve as chairman.

Synonyms

chair, chairperson, chairwoman, president