English

Etymology

chair#Verb|to chair + man

Pronunciation

• An audio transcript can be found at en-us-chairman.ogg

Noun

1. The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
2. A person presiding over a meeting.
3. A male serving in either capacity.

Usage notes

• This term has often and can be used to specify the gender of the person who is the head or person presiding.
• In current usage it is often used without regard to the gender of the incumbent.
• Historically, women had not often occupied such positions of formal authority.

Related terms

• chairperson
• chairwoman

Translations

• Chinese:
• : Cantonese: {{tø|yue|主席|tr=zyu2 zik6|sc=Hani|xs=Cantonese}} {{tø|yue|議長|tr=ji5 zoeng2|sc=Hani|xs=Cantonese}}
• : Mandarin: 主席 (zhǔxí), 議長 (yìzhǎng)
• Czech: {{t+|cs|předseda|m}}
• Dutch: {{t+|nl|voorzitter|m}}
• Finnish:
• French: (for a political party), {{t+|fr|président|m}}
• German: {{t|de|Vorsitzender|m}}, {{t|de|Vorsitzende|f}}
• Hebrew: {{t|he|יושב-ראש|m|tr=yoshev-rosh|sc=Hebr}}
• Interlingua: {{t-|ia|presidente|xs=Interlingua}}, {{t-|ia|chairman|xs=Interlingua}}

• Japanese: {{t|ja|議長|tr=gichō|sc=Jpan}} (ぎちょう), {{t-|ja|委員長|tr=iinchō|sc=Jpan}} (いいんちょう)
• Maltese: {{t|mt|ċermen|xs=Maltese}}
• Norwegian: ,
• Lithuanian: {{t|lt|pirmininkas|m|xs=Lithuanian}} (1), {{t|lt|pirmininkė|f|xs=Lithuanian}} (1)
• Portuguese: (da assembleia)
• Romanian:
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-na-cathrach
• Sindhi: {{t|sd|نِشِستمان|sc=Arab|xs=Sindhi}}
• Spanish:
• Swedish:

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