"chairman" meaning in Englisch

See chairman in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: ˈtʃɛːmən, ˈtʃɛɹmən Audio: En-us-chairman.ogg Forms: chairwoman [feminine], the chairman [singular], the chairmen [plural]
Etymology: um 1650, chair + man
  1. Vorsitzender
    Sense id: de-chairman-en-noun-ux57U7fG
  2. Sänftenträger
    Sense id: de-chairman-en-noun-pEWCGKje
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Vorsitzender): Vorsitzender [masculine] (Deutsch) Translations (geschichtlich: Sänftenträger): Sänftenträger [masculine] (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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