English

Etymology
chair#Verb|to chair + man

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-chairman.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
wikipediaen-noun|chairmen

1. The male elected head of a corporate or governmental board of directors.
2. A seat is also a seat of office, authority, or dignity, such as the chairperson of a professorship at a college or university, or the individual that presides over business proceedings.

Related terms
chairperson
chairwoman

Translations

Chinese: 主席 (zh�xí), 議� (yìzh�ng)
Czech: p�edseda m
Dutch: voorzitter m
Finnish: puheenjohtaja
French: secrétaire général (for a political party), président m
German: Vorsitzender m, Vorsitzende f
Hebrew: ��ש�-ר�ש (yoshev-rosh) m
Interlingua: presidente, chairman
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Japanese: 議� (����, gich�,gichou), ��� (������,iinch�,iinchou)
Maltese: �ermen
Norwegian: styreformann, møteleder
Lithuanian: pirmininkas m (1), pirminink� f (1)
Portuguese: presidente (da assembleia)
Romanian: director
Sindhi: SDchar|��ش�ست�ا�
Spanish: presidente

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