chairman

n.

1. The presiding officer of an assembly, meeting, committee, or board.
2. The administrative head of a department of instruction, as at a college. See Usage Note at man, person.

tr.v., -manned, -man·ning, -mans.
To act as chairman of.

IN BRIEF: n. - The officer who presides at the meetings of an organization.

The chairman of the Senate committee called the meeting to order.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
  Synonyms: president, chairwoman, chair, chairperson

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The verb chairman has one meaning:

Meaning #1: act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
  Synonym: chair

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Common misspelling(s) of chairman

• chariman

Dansk (Danish)
n. - formand, ordstyrer

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorzit(s)ter, president-directeur, presentator, drager van draagstoel

Français (French)
n. - président

Deutsch (German)
n. - Generaldirektor, Vorsitzender, Präsident

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πρόεδρος (συμβουλίου, συνεδρίασης κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
presidente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - presidente (m)

Русский (Russian)
председатель, президент

Español (Spanish)
n. - director general, presidente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ordförande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
主席, 会长

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 主席, 會長

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 의장 , 휠체어를 미는 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 議長, 司会者, 委員長, 会長

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رئيس جلسه أو مجلس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יושב-ראש‬

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