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单词 chairwoman
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chairwomann.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chair n.1, woman n.
Etymology: < chair n.1 + woman n., after chairman n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchair-woman.
A woman who occupies the chair of presidency at a meeting, in a committee, etc. (Hardly a recognized name until 19th cent.)
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society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over a body of persons or their meetings > chairwoman
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chairlady1925
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > president or chairperson of > female
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prolocutress1737
moderatrix1753
speakeress1781
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1699 T. Brown tr. Erasmus Seven New Colloquies vii. 96 We ought to have..four Chairwomen [L. quaestoriae duae] of our four Committees.
1735 H. Fielding Universal Gallant ii. 23 She sits..Chair-Woman of a Committee of Fools, to criticize on Fashions.
1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Sept. 8 The Duchess rose and said..then I think the arduous duties of chairman—or shall I say chairwoman?—will cease.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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