单词 | chairmanship |
释义 | chairmanshipn. 1. The office of chairman or president of a meeting, a company, corporate body, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over corporate body > position of chairmanship1847 society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over a body of persons or their meetings > chairman > position of chairmanship1847 1847 Fraser's Mag. 36 224 Elevation to the chairmanship of the Great Western. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 72 The retirement of Mr. Sumner from the chairmanship. 2. The action of presiding as chairman; performance of a chairman's duty. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > president or chairperson of > performance of duty of chairmanship1859 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 142 A philanthropic peer, always..to the fore with his chairmanship. 1864 Realm 1 June 1 A body of gentlemen sat down to dinner, under the sympathetic chairmanship of Lord Houghton. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1847 |
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