Definitions
act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
Word origin
From chair + -man.
Used in a sentence
“When I got ready to leave, why, Chairman Mao came down to the plane. Chairman Mao gave me some Chinese rugs and told me that I was the only prisoner of war that had ever come through there from North China.”
“Mr. Winkle, catching sight of a lady's face at the window of the sedan, turned hastily round, plied the knocker with all his might and main, and called frantically upon the chairman to take the chair away again.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Meeting leader”8 letters
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