chairman
English
/ˈtʃɛːmən/
noun
Definitions
- A person presiding over a meeting.
- The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
- (historical) Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance.
Etymology
Suffix from English chair.
Origin
English
chair
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Muskoka chair English
- armchair English
- bedchair English
- chair English
- chairback English
- chairborne English
- chairbound English
- chairfast English
- chairfolk English
- chairful English
- chairholder English
- chairhood English
- chairlady English
- chairless English
- chairlift English
- chairlike English
- chairmaker English
- chairmaking English
- chairmanlike English
- chairmanly English
- chairmanship English
- chairness English
- chairperson English
- chairship English
- chairside English
- chairward English
- chairwarmer English
- chairwoman English
- chairwork English
- co-chair English
- cochair English
- cochairman English
- headchair English
- highchair English
- hoverchair English
- powerchair English
- pushchair English
- stairchair English
- stepchair English
- sunchair English
- vice-chairman English
- vicechair English
- wheelchair English
- chayer Middle English
- chayer, cheire, chaere Middle English
- tsirman Cebuano
- চেয়ার Bengali
- sia Tok Pisin
- chair
- cochair
- bedchair
- chairful
- sunchair
- co-chair
- armchair
- chairfast
- headchair
- chairback
- chairship
- chairside
- pushchair
- chairfolk
- chairward
- stepchair
- highchair
- chairlike
- chairless
- chairlift
- chairlady
- chairhood
- chairness
- chairwork
- vicechair
- powerchair
- wheelchair
- chairmaker
- chairmanly
- chairborne
- cochairman
- hoverchair
- chairbound
- stairchair
- chairwoman
- chairholder
- chairmaking
- chairperson
- chairwarmer
- chairmanship
- chairmanlike
- Muskoka chair
- vice-chairman