Library / English Dictionary

CHAIRPERSON

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

Example:

address your remarks to the chairperson

Synonyms:

chair; chairman; chairperson; chairwoman; president

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("chairperson" is a kind of...):

presiding officer (the leader of a group meeting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chairperson"):

Kalon Tripa (the chairman of the Kashag and essentially head of the Tibetan government-in-exile)

vice chairman (one ranking below or serving in the place of a chairman)

Credits