chairperson
pronunciation
How to pronounce chairperson in British English:
UK [ˈtʃeəpɜ:sn]
How to pronounce chairperson in American English:
US [ˈtʃerpɜrsn]
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- Noun:
- the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
Word Origin
- chairperson (n.)
- 1971, American English, from chair (n.) + person.
Example
- 1. In the same area , some 50 marked ballot papers were found , said iec chairperson brigalia bam .
- 2. We 'll also learn how to change the scope of a meeting , which is an especially important skill for the chairperson .
- 3. I did alot of work with the san francisco olympic bid committee including with anne cribbs , the chairperson .
- 4. The democratic seizure of congress in 2006 made a big difference , replacing global warming skeptic sen. james inhofe as committee chairperson with the green sen. barbara boxer .
- 5. Taipei mayoral incumbent hau lung-bin won in taipei and eric chu beat out dpp chairperson tsai ing-wen in xinbei city .