Meaning of chairwoman in English

chairwoman

noun [ C ]

/ˈtʃerˌwʊm.ən/ uk

/ˈtʃeəˌwʊm.ən/

plural -women us

/ˈtʃerˌwɪm.ɪn/ uk

/ˈtʃeəˌwɪm.ɪn/ (also chair); (chairperson)

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a woman in charge of a meeting or organization

Synonym

president

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People in charge of or controlling other people

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Examples from literature

Kate passed the message to the chairwoman.
Mrs. Cox was the chairwoman of the Committee.
Ruth was sent for and questioned by Miss Mackenzie, our chairwoman.
She turned from her responsive audience to the chairwoman, who handed her a yellow envelope.
When they were all seated round the table Miss Mackenzie, who was chairwoman, took out the agenda and read its contents aloud.

(Definition of chairwoman from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

chairwoman | Intermediate English

chairwoman

noun [ C ]

/ˈtʃeərˌwʊm·ən/

plural -women us/ˈtʃeərˌwɪm·ən/

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a woman in charge of a meeting, organization, or department; a chairperson

(Definition of chairwoman from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

chairwoman | Business English

chairwoman

noun [ C ]

/ˈtʃeəˌwʊmən/ us

plural chairwomen

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MEETINGS

a woman who is in charge of a meeting, committee, or organization:

The Chairwoman of the State Board of Education urged lawmakers not to cut public school funding.

Examples of chairwoman

chairwoman

She became chairwoman of the commission in 1926.

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She served one term as the state party chairwoman before deciding that was enough.

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A plan needed to be in place within two months if they wanted state money to help pay for any changes, the chairwoman told them.

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Neither the school spokesman nor board chairwoman responded to requests for comment.

From Chicago Tribune

She suddenly found herself seven or eight presidents and at least eleven chairwomen.

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She turned from her responsive audience to the chairwoman, who handed her a yellow envelope.

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She greeted her chairwoman somewhat tremulously, and then faced her audience.

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The reason of her being so many chairwomen also rested on her fitness.

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The first thing they did was have an election for a temporary chairwoman.

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When all have drawn, they proceed to the chairwoman, who cuts the ribbon which secures each roll, and bids the candidates unfold the various papers.

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The best work is secured through committees whose aim has been defined by an executive committee, composed of the officers, ex-officio, and the chairmen or chairwomen of the separate committees.

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