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单词 chairman
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chairmann.

Brit. /ˈtʃɛːmən/, U.S. /ˈtʃɛrmən/
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.

Brit. /ˈtʃɛːmən/, U.S. /ˈtʃɛrmən/
Etymology: < chairman n.
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).
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