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What is the difference between presiding and chairman?

presiding | chairman | Hypernyms |

Chairman is a hypernym of presiding.



As a verb presiding

is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective presiding

is having authority over; vested with the authority to preside over.

As a noun chairman is

a person (implied male) presiding over a meeting.

presiding

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having authority over; vested with the authority to preside over.
  • Anagrams

    *

    chairman

    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.

    Usage notes

    Historically meant a man, now also used for women.

    Antonyms

    * chairwoman

    Hypernyms

    * chair, chairperson * presiding officer, presider