单词 | chairwoman |
释义 | chairwomann. A woman who occupies the chair of presidency at a meeting, in a committee, etc. (Hardly a recognized name until 19th cent.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over a body of persons or their meetings > chairwoman chairwoman1699 chairlady1925 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > president or chairperson of > female moderatress1601 chairwoman1699 prolocutress1737 moderatrix1753 speakeress1781 chairlady1925 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). < n.1699 |
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