Chairman (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural chair·men.
  1. the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.
  2. the administrative head of a department in a high school, college, or university.
  3. someone employed to carry or wheel a person in a chair.
verb (used with object), chair·maned or chair·manned, chair·man·ing or chair·man·ning.
  1. to act as or be chairman of (a meeting, committee, etc.).
noun plural -men
  1. a person who presides over a company's board of directors, a committee, a debate, an administrative department, etc
  2. someone who carries a sedan chair
Chairman (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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