Noun

(chairmen)

A person (implied male) presiding over a meeting.

The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.

(historical) Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance.

* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 618:

Mr Western entered; but not before a small wrangling bout had passed between him and his chairmen ; for the fellows, who had taken up their burden at the Hercules Pillars, had conceived no hopes of having any future good customer in the squire [...]

* 1836 , Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers ?

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.

Noun

(diversities)

The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.

* c''1386 , (Geoffrey Chaucer), ''(w, The Man of Law's Tale) , 87:

Ther was swich diversitee Bitwene hir bothe lawes.

A variety; diverse types or examples.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author= Nick Miroff

, volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] , passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity .}}