单词 | chairman |
释义 | chairmann. 1. a. The occupier of a chair of authority; spec. the person who is chosen to preside over a meeting, to conduct its proceedings, and who occupies the chair or seat provided for this function. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > president or chairperson of presidenta1382 prolocutor1570 moderator1573 spokesman1607 committee chair1643 chairman1654 referendary1655 speaker1656 chair1659 convener1681 chairperson1971 society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over a body of persons or their meetings > chairman chairman1654 chair1659 1654 J. Trapp Comm. Job xxix. 25 I sate chief, and was Chair-man. 1661 S. Pepys Diary 22 Jan. (1970) II. 20 To come..to this place..where Sir G. Downing (my late master) was chaireman. 1697 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 254 This day the parliament mett here, the earl of Oxford chairman. 1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 58 It is the duty of the chairman, immediately on taking the chair, to cause the minutes of the preceding meeting to be read. b. The member of a corporate body appointed or elected to preside at its meetings, and in general to exercise the chief authority in the conduct of its affairs; the president. Chairman of Committees: in either House of Parliament the member appointed to preside over it whenever it resolves itself into Committee. ΘΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over corporate body chairman1738 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > chairperson or manager chairman1738 president1762 business manager1845 prior1853 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Company The directors are twenty-four in number, including the chairman and deputy-chairman. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 291 The committee..on factory employment, of which Mr. Sadler was the mover and chairman. 1887 J. Morley Crit. Misc. III. 306 The chairman of the Hudson's Bay Company. 1889 N.E.D. at Chairman Mod. Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works. c. A master of ceremonies (see quot. 1951). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > performers in variety, etc. > [noun] > compère chairman1836 commère1904 compère1914 conferencier1927 emcee1933 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 312 It requires no great exercise of imagination to identify..the comic singer with the public-house chairman. 1951 Oxf. Compan. Theatre 119/2 Chairman, an important feature of the early music-hall... He sat at the head of a table in front of the footlights, with his back to the stage... He announced the ‘turns’ and kept the somewhat unruly audience in order. 1970 Radio Times 16 Apr. 39/1 The Good Old Days Old-Time Music-Hall..Chairman Leonard Sachs. 2. a. One whose occupation it is to carry persons in chairs or chair-like conveyances; spec. the two men who carried a sedan-chair. ΘΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person > bearer of (sedan) chair chairman1682 hackney chairman1710 jampanee1859 sedanier1871 1682 London Gaz. No. 1683/4 A tall Blackamore..in a Green Doublet and Breeches, with a large Chairmans Coat of the same colour. 1703 London Gaz. No. 3942/3 Twenty Chairmen, with Sedans. 1708 C. Cibber Lady's Last Stake v. 71 Chair, Chair..(Enter Chairmen) Here: Who calls Chair? 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 113. ⁋6 Disputing for sixpence with a chairman. 1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 46 §113 The misbehaviour of coachmen, drivers, chairmen, carters, and porters. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xvii. 161 When ladies' chairmen jostled each other on the pavement. b. One who wheels a Bath-chair. ΘΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > [noun] > by wheeled vehicle > one who wheels chair chairman1766 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide i. vii. 11 But soft—my Chairman's at the Door. 1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer II. vi. 173 A Bath chairman. 1869 Daily Tel. 18 Aug. The invalids..in their Bath chairs..The chairmen..are an honest, genial, hard-working set of fellows. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019). chairmanv. transitive. To preside over (a meeting) as chairman; = chair v. 1d. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > chair (an assembly) [verb (transitive)] moderate1577 chairman1888 chair1921 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Oct. 4/1 We refused to attend the meeting to be chairmanned by Sir William. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 29 Jan. 2/3 The firm Which is chairman'd by Masham at Manningham! 1904 F. Lynde Grafters xxiii. 293 It was late in the afternoon..that the Federative Council sent its committee, chairmaned by Engineer Scott, to interview the ex-general manager. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1654v.1888 |
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