chairwoman

[ chair-woom-uhn ]

noun

, plural chair·wom·en.

1. a woman who presides over a meeting, committee, department, etc.

Gender Note

Is it chairman , chairwoman, or chairperson? See chairperson.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chairwoman¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; chair + woman

Example Sentences

"It horrifies me to think that this stream is more badly polluted now than when we first came here 27 years ago", says Lyn Crowe, chairwoman of the environment group.

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“We don’t have to be afraid to be Democrats in rural communities,” Anderson Clayton, North Carolina’s Democratic Party chairwoman, told the small crowd.

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Claire Holland, chairwoman of London Councils, which represents the 33 based in the city, says the housing crisis is "wreaking havoc on town hall finances across the capital" and that “the current outlook is bleak”.

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Former Conservative Party chairwoman Baroness Warsi has resigned from the party in the House of Lords, claiming it has moved to the “far right”.

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At the end of his evidence, he was thanked by the inquiry’s chairwoman Baroness Hallett who said “it was obvious how distressing it was for you and reliving such an ordeal is never easy.”

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Related Words

• administrator
• chairperson
• director
• leader
• spokesman