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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
chairman
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a club chairman/president
▪ Reg took over as club chairman three years ago,
deputy director/chairman/governor etc
▪ the Deputy Secretary of State
the chairman of the board
▪ James Clark has been named chairman of the board.
the committee chairman/chair
▪ There will be a new committee chairman next year.
the party chairmanBritish English
▪ He resigned as Conservative party chairman.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
deputy
▪ Now, as deputy chairman of the association, he is the frontman for the 2006 bid.
▪ Mr Jamieson is deputy chairman of Robert Fleming &038; Co. and head of its banking operations.
▪ He paid off his debts and was named deputy chairman of the Conservative Party in 1985.
▪ Mr Jones also was named deputy chairman for the coming year.
national
▪ Slovo received an unopposed nomination for the post of national chairman in succession to Dan Tloome.
▪ Barbour is now Republican national chairman, and Stevens went on to a string of successful campaigns, including those of Sens.
▪ I am therefore also establishing a national inquiry whose chairman will be Mr. Norman Warner, former director of Kent social services.
▪ He was also a key figure in the National Trust and chairman of its executive committee between 1912 and 1931.
new
▪ In 1964, however, after two mediocre seasons, a brash new chairman, John Ireland, suddenly sacked him.
▪ A new chairman is expected to be named this month.
▪ A new chairman came in a few months ago.
▪ But a spokesman for the new chairman, Rep.
▪ The only infiltrator will be Jackson Stephens, the club's new chairman in succession to Hord Hardin.
▪ But since the arrival of Robins, he has taken a backseat role with day-to-day business being handled by the new chairman.
▪ This will be the first Masters for the new chairman, Jack Stephens, Arkanas billionaire.
▪ The new chairman, elected unanimously by the members of the board, was Mr Neville Creed.
republican
▪ Ohendalski, a Huntsville accountant and former Republican county chairman, is running against state Rep.
▪ Texas Republican chairman Tom Pauken expressed strong support for the proposal.
▪ Bob Bennett, the Ohio Republican chairman.
▪ Barbour is now Republican national chairman, and Stevens went on to a string of successful campaigns, including those of Sens.
vice
▪ Schwartz also will be vice chairman of Lockheed Martin.
▪ A new post of vice chairman was created, and freshman Sen.
▪ Former Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros will be vice chairman.
▪ The chief architect of the document was vice chairman Makoto Tanabe, who was widely tipped to succeed Doi as leader.
▪ He fills a vacancy created by the recent resignation of James White, 56 years old and former vice chairman.
■ NOUN
board
▪ After ordering investigations of many others, Texas state prison board chairman Allan Polunsky has a new target: himself.
▪ The five man selection team is completed by county board chairman Jack Wall and secretary Seamus Aldrdige.
▪ While Eckstrom and Bronson both supported Grijalva for board chairman, there was considerable debate over that position among the three Demos.
▪ The fourteen Area Board chairmen were men of some seniority and experience.
▪ Last week, board chairman Allan Polunsky ordered an audit of all the contracts.
▪ To Gaitskell, the defeats he had to accept from Citrine and the Area Board chairmen clearly rankled.
▪ When Citrine revealed the proposal to the Area Board chairmen, however, they reacted angrily.
committee
▪ Education Committee chairman Gideon Ben-Tovim said Labour was proposing their reorganisation plans again at a meeting of the city council.
▪ Daschle plans to consult with other Democratic leaders and new Democratic committee chairmen before setting the rest of the agenda.
▪ Seniority reform made committee chairmen more beholden to their party and its leaders and other innovations carried this process further.
▪ Council and committee chairman Don Mayes pointed out that a number of those buried at Blackmoor were from their parish.
▪ Henry Hyde, R-Ill., who is platform committee chairman, is still hoping to defuse the explosive issue.
▪ Awards committee chairman Alan Peaford will explain how the 1,275 entries were judged.
▪ The idea, two years ago, of a committee chairman meeting with the president without the speaker was unthinkable.
party
▪ Lord Tebbit, former Tory party chairman and right-hand man to Baroness Thatcher, is backing the plan.
▪ It is likely to be its party chairman Gennady Zyuganov, who now leads nationwide polls for president.
▪ Bashkim Driza was elected as party chairman.
▪ Chris Dodd, D-Conn., Democratic party chairman, took the opposite view.
▪ All twelve of the 1975 constituency party chairmen were Free Presbyterians.
▪ The 59-year-old former banker said he will be succeeded as chancellor and party chairman by Finance Minister Viktor Klima.
■ VERB
appoint
▪ The board appointed him chairman and managing director, a fulltime post.
▪ Following the defections, Copeland appointed himself treasurer and chairman of his own campaign.
▪ Paul Myners, 51, has been appointed non-executive chairman of the Guardian Media Group.
▪ Martin Brookes has been appointed as the new chairman and succeeds Charlie Jones, who drops to vice chairman.
▪ Judges are normally appointed as chairmen of those numerous committees which are concerned with reform of substantive law or legal procedure.
become
▪ Later he became chairman of the orchestral committee for the Leeds music festival.
▪ He succeeds Marvin Weiner, who recently became chairman.
▪ I have reflected on the position of elected councillors being allowed to become chairmen of college boards.
▪ At the time Lew was on Coles' board but had not become chairman.
▪ Mr Weissman will become chairman and chief executive of Cognizant.
▪ In 1918 his stock was confiscated, but he became chairman of the cooperative to which it was assigned.
▪ The toy store, fried chicken and office supply chains were started since Lew became chairman in 1991.
meet
▪ Mr. Wakeham I regularly meet the chairman of Nuclear Electric to discuss a variety of matters.
▪ Yeltsin was seen meeting with the chairman of the upper house of parliament, Yegor Stroyev.
▪ When they met, the Tory chairman tried to soothe nerves.
name
▪ Tydings, a former U.S. senator with a strong pro-labor record, was named chairman.
▪ For example, while annual reports usually name the chairman and board members they do not always reveal their salaries.
▪ No successor will be named as Entertainment chairman when he steps down.
▪ The former Treasury mandarin, Lord Burns, was named chairman of the national lottery commission.
▪ He paid off his debts and was named deputy chairman of the Conservative Party in 1985.
▪ Current president Keisaku Manabe was named chairman.
remain
▪ He was replaced by Derek Wanless, but he remains deputy chairman.
▪ Mr Quinlan succeeds company founder Paul Margolis, 42, who will remain as chairman, the company said.
▪ Maurice Saatchi will remain as chairman.
▪ And Grijalva, while remaining chairman, lost big.
▪ Sir Denys Henderson would remain chairman of the two groups.
▪ Marriott will remain chairman and chief executive officer with law, finance and corporate relations departments continuing to report to him.
▪ James F.. Montgomery, the 61-year-old former chief executive, remains chairman.
say
▪ Education Committee chairman Gideon Ben-Tovim said Labour was proposing their reorganisation plans again at a meeting of the city council.
▪ Michael Klowden, vice chairman of Jefferies, said the suit was without merit.
▪ However, chairman Eugene Andersen said that the company was still at a very critical stage.
▪ But the magistrates chairman said the offence was so serious, they may have to send both men to jail.
serve
▪ He was national vice-chairman in 1990-91 before serving as chairman the following year at a time of great change in the Association.
▪ Chairman John Sculley to serve as its chairman.
▪ She also served as chairman of the newspaper publishers group.
▪ Mr Marinkovich assumes his seat on the Board effective immediately, and will serve as chairman of the audit committee.
▪ By 1701 he was serving as chairman of the influential elections committee, and was even talked of as a possible Speaker.
▪ Later that year the Population Council was born, with Rockefeller himself serving as its chairman.
▪ I served as finance chairman of his successful gubernatorial races.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I give you the chairman/prime minister/groom etc
from the chairman/president/top etc downwards
▪ As the system empties, open all the radiator air vents, working from the top downwards until the system is empty.
vice-president/chairman etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ the chairman of the board
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Customs refused to meet the costs claimed but the chairman of the tribunal disagreed.
▪ Half of the pension trustees will be employees, with an independent chairman, and pensioners will be represented.
▪ John Shaw, the elected prisoners' chairman of D-wing tells John Earle, a life sentence inmate, what to expect.
▪ The two men and Mr Tellep, 64, will form an office of the chairman to deal with strategic issues.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chairman

Chairman \Chair"man\, n.; pl. Chairmen.

  1. The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.

  2. One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan.

    Breaks watchmen's heads and chairmen's glasses.
    --Prior.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
chairman

1650s, "occupier of a chair of authority," from chair (n.) + man (n.). Meaning "member of a corporate body chosen to preside at meetings" is from c.1730. Chairwoman in this sense first attested 1752; chairperson 1971.

Wiktionary
chairman

n. 1 A person (implied male) presiding over a meeting. 2 The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity. 3 (context historical English) Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance.

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WordNet
chairman

n. the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson" [syn: president, chairwoman, chair, chairperson]

chairman

v. act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years" [syn: chair]

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Wikipedia
Chairman

The chairman is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board, a committee, or a deliberative assembly. The person holding the office is typically elected or appointed by the members of the group. The chair presides over meetings of the assembled group and conducts its business in an orderly fashion. When the group is not in session, the officer's duties often include acting as its head, its representative to the outside world and its spokesperson. In some organizations, this position is also called president (or other title), in others, where a board appoints a president (or other title), the two different terms are used for distinctly different positions.

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Usage examples of "chairman".

Hawk had concluded the deal with David and Abraham Solomon which relied on her shares and proxy in the new conglomerate for him to be chairman.

Chairman of the Board purpled and ran for the airboat com to call the Coast Guard.

For instance, in 1981 Harry Oppenheimer, chairman of the giant Anglo American Corporation that controls gold and diamond mining, sales and distribution in the world, stated that he was about to launch into the North American banking market.

Three years later, Mrs Axford was elected Chairman of the first Local Spiritual Assembly in Auckland and for many years conducted classes in public speaking to help the friends overcome their shyness and reticence so that they might teach the Faith effectively.

Florian Backhouse, chairman of Continuum, made a joke and Mary laughed briefly.

William Basswood, and then watch my little man become chairman of the board!

Woolf, father of Sarah Woolf, owner of dinky Georgian house in Lyall Street, Belgravia, employer of blind and vindictive interior designers, and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gaine Parker.

Farley, chairman of the Democratic National Executive Committee, to be held by the Roosevelt for President Club at the Biltmore Saturday.

It was Eli Camperdown who moved first, returning to his seat beside the chairman of the board where the two senior officers began a second urgent, low-voiced conversation.

His contributions to various organizations had caused an assortment of chairmen and chairladies and executive secretaries, upon news of his death, to have a deep and decent interest in the terms of his will, but except for a few modest bequests everything had gone to his widow.

He could have a little taste of life on the fez, maybe use it in a school essay in the fall, and tell his friends all about how his uncle, the chairman of the Pine Lake Band of Chippewa, had taken him fishing.

Another input was connected by wire to the administrative telephone circuits, so that the Chairman of the Commission could speak to the entire city over the entertainment system without leaving his office.

University, chairman of Ogilvie Flour Mills and a director of eleven other major companies, he was one of the few distinguished nonWinnipeggers to join the HBC Committee.

The KGB chairman, Kryuchkov, was reported to have assembled his lieutenants in a Lubyanka conference room and given them an ultimatum: Crush the counterrevolution within twenty-four hours.

Chairman, it is no counterrevolutionary plot, no nonsensical Trotskyite brigandage.