Meaning

2 senses
  1. A female chairperson

    1845, The New Statistical Account of Scotland At a Reform dinner which took place in 1832, the united ages of three women, including the chairwoman, amounted to 264.

    Vorsitzende

    председа́тельницаpredsedátelʹnica, председа́тельшаpredsedátelʹša

    голова́holová, голови́хаholovýxa

  2. (obsolete)A charwoman

More definitions
  • the female officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The chairwoman of the commission presented its final report.

  2. The board chairwoman happily announced increased revenues this quarter.

Translations

7 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Forms

plural: chairwomen
Singularchairwoman
Pluralchairwomen

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Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

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