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单词 chairman
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
chair•man /ˈtʃɛrmən/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -men. 
  1. the officer in charge of running a meeting, etc., or the head of a board or department.
chair•man•ship, n. [uncountable]
    See chair.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
chair•man  (chârmən),USA pronunciation n., pl. -men, v. -maned or -manned, -man•ing or -man•ning. 
n. 
  1. the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.
  2. Educationthe administrative head of a department in a high school, college, or university.
  3. someone employed to carry or wheel a person in a chair.

v.t. 
  1. to act as or be chairman of (a meeting, committee, etc.).
  • chair + -man 1645–55
    See chairperson. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
chairman /ˈtʃɛəmən/ n ( pl -men)

  1. Also called: chairperson, (fem) chairwoman a person who presides over a company's board of directors, a committee, a debate, an administrative department, etc
USAGE
Chairman can seem inappropriate when applied to a woman, while chairwoman can be offensive. Chair and chairperson can be applied to either a man or a woman; chair is generally preferred to chairperson

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