different between chairman vs chairmanship

English

Etymology

From chair +? -man

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t???m?n/

Noun

chairman (plural chairmen)

1. A person presiding over a meeting.
2. The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
3. (historical) Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance.

Usage notes

• Historically this term denoted a man, but it is now also used for women. Gender-neutral terms could be chairperson or just chair.

Coordinate terms

• chairwoman

Hypernyms

• chair, chairperson
• presiding officer, presider

Derived terms

• vice chairman, vice-chairman
• cochairman

Translations

Verb

chairman (third-person singular simple present chairmans, present participle chairmanning, simple past and past participle chairmanned)

1. To serve as chairman.

Anagrams

• Charmian

English

Etymology

chairman +? -ship

Noun

chairmanship (countable and uncountable, plural chairmanships)

1. The office, or the term, of a chairman.
   • 1891 Hansard's Parliamentary Debates

     Afterwards, Sir Eardly Wilmot had been appointed, from whom, on account of his long chairmanship of quarter-sessions, much had reasonably been expected.

   • 1999 John Gunn - Contested Skies: Trans-Australian Airlines

     Nixon proposed the establishment of an Aviation Industry Consultative Council under the chairmanship of the permanent head of his department […]

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