chairmanOverview of noun chairmanThe noun chairman has 1 sense 1. president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson -- (the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson") Overview of verb chairmanfrom tagged texts) 1. chair, chairman -- (act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years") Made possible by Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010. http://wordnet.princeton.edu |