chairman

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chair + -man

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Singular
chairman

Plural
chairmen

  1. (countable) A chairman is the person who controls a meeting or an organization.
    Alan Eastwood is the former chairman of the Police Federation.
    Mr Saatchi will continue as chairman but is being replaced as chief executive by Robert Louis-Dreyfus.
    Mr Chairman, ladies and gentlemen I'd like to present to the board the results of our research.

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