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VICE PRESIDENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances
Synonyms:
V.P.; vice president
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("vice president" is a kind of...):
executive; executive director (a person responsible for the administration of a business)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vice president"):
executive vice president (a vice president holding executive power)
senior vice president (the ranking vice president in a firm that has more than one)
Vice President of the United States (the vice president of the United States who presides over the United States Senate)
Derivation:
vice-presidential (relating to a vice president or vice-presidency)
