Crossword clues for president
president
- Identification carried by current leader
- I would put in now for top post
- I will have diamonds gift-wrapped for head of state
- Top person now harbouring unconscious mass of primitive energies
- Taylor or Tyler
- February honoree
- Top man
- ''My family is first''
- White House boss
- Pierce, e.g
- Oval Office occupant
- One whose house number is 1600
- First Lady's husband
- Eponymous figure in four state capitals' names
- Commander in chief
- American leader
- What’s immoral parking by local politician
- US politician’s weakness over gift I’d put in
- US leader’s deputy
- Nicholson role in "Mars Attacks!"
- See 19-Across
- See 17-, 24- and 36-Across
- Title held by the people who lent their names to 17-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across
- The person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government
- The office of the US head of state
- The head administrative officer of a college or university
- The chief executive of a republic
- An executive officer of a firm or corporation
- The officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
- Madison or Grant
- U.S.A.'s CINC
- Head of a republic
- Gift I’d kept inside for top politician
- Commander in chief available to embrace Independence Day, for starters
- Offer I had received to be head of the board
- Leader's gift including driving licence, say
- In attendance, holding papers for chief executive
- Important person's documentation found in here
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
President \Pres"i*dent\, n. [F. pr['e]sident, L. praesidens, -entis, p. pr. of praesidere. See Preside.]
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One who is elected or appointed to preside; a presiding officer, as of a legislative body. Specifically:
The chief officer of a corporation, company, institution, society, or the like.
The chief executive officer of the government in certain republics; as, the president of the United States.
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A protector; a guardian; a presiding genius. [Obs.]
Just Apollo, president of verse.
--Waller.
President \Pres"i*dent\, a. Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding. [R.]
His angels president
In every province.
--Milton.
President \Pres"i*dent\, n.
Precedent. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "appointed governor of a province; chosen leader of a body of persons," from Old French president and directly from Latin praesidentum (nominative praesidens) "president, governor," noun use of present participle of praesidere "to act as head or chief" (see preside).\n
\nIn Middle English of heads of religious houses, hospitals, colleges and universities. First use for "chief executive officer of a republic" is in U.S. Constitution (1787), from earlier American use for "officer in charge of the Continental Congress" (1774), a sense derived from that of "chosen head of a meeting or group of persons," which is from Middle English. It had been used of chief officers of banks from 1781, of individual colonies since 1608 (originally Virginia) and heads of colleges since mid-15c. Slang shortening prez is recorded from 1883. Fem. form presidentess is attested from 1763.
Wiktionary
a. Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding. n. 1 The head of state of a republic, a representative democracy and sometimes a dictatorship. 2 Primary leader of a corporation. Not to be confused with CEO, which is a related but separate position that is sometimes held by a different person. 3 A person presiding over a meeting, chair, presiding officer, presider. 4 (obsolete form of precedent English)
WordNet
n. an executive officer of a firm or corporation
the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government; "the President likes to jog every morning" [syn: President of the United States, United States President, Chief Executive]
the chief executive of a republic
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson" [syn: chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson]
the head administrative officer of a college or university [syn: prexy]
the office of the United States head of state; "a President is elected every four years" [syn: President of the United States, Chief Executive]
Wikipedia
A president is the leader of a country or a division or part of a country, typically a republic, a democracy, or a dictatorship. The title " president" is sometimes used by extension for leaders of other groups, including corporate entities and social groups.
Etymologically, a president is one who presides (from Latin prae- "before" + sedere "to sit"; giving the term praeses). Originally, the term referred to the presiding officer of a ceremony or meeting (i.e., chairman), but today it most commonly refers to an executive official. Among other things, "President" today is a common title for the heads of state of most republics, whether presidential republics, semi-presidential republics or parliamentary republics.
President – also known as scum, hoop, kings, capitalism, caps, warlords and scumbags, scumbag (the latter two names originating in Australia), janitor, asshole (with the spelling arsehole outside North America), kings and assholes/arseholes, man of the house, landlord, rich man poor man, hierarchy, pimps and hoes, Trump, Clinton, and many other names – is an westernized version of an originally Japanese card game named daifugō or daihinmin. It is a game for three or more, in which the players race to get rid of all of the cards in their hands in order to become "president" (or "warlord", etc.) in the following round. It can also be played as a drinking game. A commercial version of the game exists under the name The Great Dalmuti, with a non-standard deck.
The Combatant Status Review Tribunal the US Department of Defense commissioned, like the Tribunals described in Army Regulation 190-8, which they were modeled after, were three member panels, led by a Tribunal President.
A president is a leader of a country or a division or part of a country.
President or the president may also refer to:
President was a steamboat that currently lies dismantled in St. Elmo, Illinois. Originally named Cincinnati, it was built in 1924 and is the only remaining "Western Rivers" style sidewheel river excursion steamboat in the United States. She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989, although these designations were revoked in 2011. Her home ports have been Cincinnati, Ohio; New Orleans, Louisiana; Vicksburg, Mississippi; St. Louis, Missouri; and Davenport, Iowa.
Président is a French dairy brand owned by the Laval based Lactalis company. The brand was created in 1968 by André Besnier. It is used for butter and for a range of industrially produced versions of traditional cheeses.
The President tree is the name of a giant sequoia located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in the United States, east of Visalia, California. It is not the tallest giant sequoia tree in the world with a height of about , nor the widest at about in diameter at the base, but it is the third largest tree in the world, measured by volume of trunk, and the oldest known living sequoia, about 3,200 years old. As of 2012, the volume of its trunk measured at about , with an additional of branches.
The tree was named after President Warren G. Harding in 1923. Nearby trees include Chief Sequoyah, the 27th largest giant sequoia in the world, and the Congress Group, two dense stands of medium-sized sequoias that represent the "House" and "Senate".
President is an honorific title in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) given to men who hold certain priesthood leadership positions.
President is a South Korean television series starring real-life married couple Choi Soo-jong and Ha Hee-ra as Korea's president and his first lady. This is their first acting collaboration. It aired on KBS2 from December 15, 2010 to February 24, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:05 for 24 episodes.
'President' is the final single to be taken from IAMX's second studio album The Alternative. It was first released in 2006 as a promo single, which also included 'Spit It Out'. To coincide with the 2008 re-release of the album it was re-released in the US only on the Metropolis Records label.
President is a historic, steam-powered narrowboat, built in 1909 by Fellows Morton and Clayton (FMC) at their dock at Saltley, Birmingham, England. It is now owned by the Black Country Living Museum, where it is based. President is registered by National Historic Ships as part of the National Historic Fleet.
The '''President '''is a leader of an organization, company, community, club, trade union, university or other group. In many organizations, it is the legally recognized highest "titled" corporate officer, ranking above the various Vice Presidents (e.g. Senior Vice President and Executive Vice President). The president may also be the chairman. The relationship between the president and the Chief Executive Officer varies, depending on the structure of the specific organization. In a similar vein to the Chief Operating Officer, the title of corporate President as a separate position (as opposed to being combined with a " C-Suite" designation, such as "President and Chief Executive Officer" or "President and Chief Operating Officer") is also loosely defined. The powers of the president vary widely across organizations and such powers come from specific authorization in the bylaws (e.g. the president can make an "executive decision" only if the bylaws allow for it).
President is a 1937 Hindi social romantic drama film from New Theatres. The Bengali version was called Didi. The direction, screenplay and cinematography were by Nitin Bose. The film starred K. L. Saigal, Leela Desai, Kamlesh Kumari, Jagdish Sethi, Prithviraj Kapoor and Bikram Kapoor. The story according to the credit roll of the film is "A tale of love and greater love" developed on an idea by M. M. Begg. It was a love triangle with a social content that highlighted the conditions of the mill workers. It was also the first film to show a liberated educated woman managing her own factory.
Usage examples of "president".
Congressional legislation which is to be made effective through negotiation and inquiry within the international field must often accord to the President a degree of discretion and freedom from statutory restriction which would not be admissible were domestic affairs alone involved.
The Czech President was accorded all the formal honors due to a head of state.
There can be no doubt that he had in mind inflicting on him the treatment he had accorded the Austrian Chancellor and the Czechoslovak President under what he thought were similar circumstances.
As against an enemy in the field the President possesses all the powers which are accorded by International Law to any supreme commander.
Jordan Mintz, general counsel Lea Fastow, assistant treasurer Michael Jakubik, vice president JimTimmins, director, private equity Tim Despain, vice president Bill Brown, vice president The Internal Accountants Richard Causey, chief accounting officer David Woytek, vice president, corporate auditing Rodney Faldyn, vice president, transaction accounting group Ryan Siurek, member, transaction accounting group In Risk Assessment Richard Buy, chief risk officer Vasant Shanbhogue, analyst Vince Kaminski, vice president of Rakesh Bharati, analyst research Kevin Kindall, analyst Stinson Gibner, analyst In Corporate Development J.
On December 13, 1919, the presidents and secretaries of the 113 national and international unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor met at Washington, D.
The Senate and the president could begin by jointly appointing a nonpartisan commission to gather the names of the two dozen or so most distinguished lawyers and judges in the nation, assessed by peer review under the broadest criterion of greatness, without regard to party affiliation, race, gender, ideology, or other such factors.
I have been moved by considerations by me deemed sufficient to withhold my authority for affixing the said seal: Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby authorize the Secretary of State to cancel my signature to the instrument aforesaid.
William Dennison, the Postmaster-general, tendered his resignation, alleging as the chief cause the difference of opinion between himself and the President in regard to the proposed Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
If, during his long persecution by President Kruger, Wools-Sampson in the bitterness of his heart had vowed a feud against the Boer cause, it must be acknowledged that he has most amply fulfilled it, for it would be difficult to point to any single man who has from first to last done them greater harm.
Thoreau is considered the American Anarchist par excellence, and, if we can believe Vernon Louis Parrington, all of the Adams family--from the two presidents to the brothers--wished nothing more than the burning of State Street, the site of Boston banking.
In the initial interrogation by Tribunal president Herman, she was represented as an ungovernable wife, forcing Louis, for example, to issue the veto against anticlerical legislation and organizing the flight to Varennes.
President Johnson, however, behaved as an ordinary political speaker in a heated canvass, receiving interruptions from the crowd, answering insolent remarks with undignified repartee, and lowering at every step of his progress the dignity which properly appertains to the great office.
Yet if the President has the power to channel raw materials into the most efficient industrial units and thus save scarce materials from wastage it is difficult to see why the same principle is not applicable to the distribution of fuel oil.
Congress has appropriated the money, and which it has directed the President to obtain.