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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtʃɛːmən/ [UK], /ˈtʃɛɹ.mən/ [US] Audio: en-us-chairman.ogg Forms: chairmen [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛːmən Etymology: From chair + -man. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|chair|man}} chair + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|chairmen}} chairman (plural chairmen)
  1. A person presiding over a meeting. Translations (person presiding over a meeting): kryetar [masculine] (Albanian), ἐπιστάτης (epistátēs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), πρόεδρος (próedros) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), رَئِيس (raʔīs) [masculine] (Arabic), նախագահ (naxagah) (Armenian), sədr (Azerbaijani), старшыня́ (staršynjá) [feminine, masculine] (Belarusian), галава́ (halavá) [feminine, masculine] (Belarusian), председа́тел (predsedátel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), သဘာပတိ (sa.bhapa.ti.) (Burmese), ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ (ukkathta.) (Burmese), tagsiya (Cebuano), tsirman (Cebuano), җўщи (žwxi) [Dungan] (Chinese), 主席 (zyu² zik⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 議長 (Chinese Cantonese), 议长 (ji⁵ zoeng²) (Chinese Cantonese), 主席 (zhǔxí) (Chinese Mandarin), 議長 (Chinese Mandarin), 议长 (yìzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), předseda [masculine] (Czech), formand [common-gender] (Danish), voorzitter [masculine] (Dutch), puheenjohtaja (Finnish), secrétaire général (note: for a political party) (French), président [masculine] (French), თავმჯდომარე (tavmǯdomare) (Georgian), Vorsitzender [masculine] (German), Vorsitzende [feminine] (German), πρόεδρος (próedros) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), יוֹשֵׁב רֹאשׁ (yoshév rosh) [masculine] (Hebrew), अध्यक्ष (adhyakṣ) [masculine] (Hindi), सभापति (sabhāpti) [masculine] (Hindi), elnök (Hungarian), ketua (Indonesian), presidente (Interlingua), chairman (Interlingua), cathaoirleach [masculine] (Irish), fear cathaoireach [masculine] (Irish), presidente [masculine] (Italian), 議長 (gichō) (alt: ぎちょう) (Japanese), 委員長 (iinchō) (alt: いいんちょう) (Japanese), 理事長 (rijicho) (alt: りじちょう) (Japanese), басқарма (basqarma) (Kazakh), ប្រធាន (prɑɑthiən) (Khmer), 의장 (uijang) (alt: 議長) (Korean), 위원장 (wiwonjang) (alt: 委員長) (Korean), 주석 (juseok) (alt: 主席) (Korean), башкарма (başkarma) (Kyrgyz), ປະທານ (pa thān) (Lao), pirmininkas [masculine] (Lithuanian), pirmininkė [feminine] (Lithuanian), претседател (pretsedatel) [masculine] (Macedonian), pengerusi (Malay), ċermen (Maltese), ard-hoieder [masculine] (Manx), დუდმახვენჯი (dudmaxvenǯi) (Mingrelian), дарга (darga) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ (darug-a) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), alą́ąjįʼ dahsidáhígíí (Navajo), styreformann (Norwegian), møteleder [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), رئیس (ra'is) (Persian), صدر (sadr) (Persian), Väasetta [masculine] (Plautdietsch), przewodniczący [masculine, person] (Polish), presidente (da assembleia) (Portuguese), președinte [masculine] (Romanian), chairman [masculine] (Romanian), председа́тель (predsedátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), neach-na-cathrach [feminine, masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), пре́дседнӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), пре́дсједнӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prédsednīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prédsjednīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), نِشِستمان (Sindhi), predseda [masculine] (Slovak), predsedujoči [masculine] (Slovene), predsednik [masculine] (Slovene), presidente (Spanish), secretario general (Spanish), amrabasi (Sranan Tongo), mwenyekiti (Swahili), ordförande [common-gender] (Swedish), tagapangulo (Tagalog), раис (rayis) (Tajik), садр (sadr) (Tajik), ประธาน (bprà-taan) (Thai), başkan (Turkish), reis (Turkish), başlyk (Turkmen), голова́ (holová) [feminine, masculine] (Ukrainian), rais (Uzbek), sadr (Uzbek), chủ tịch (Vietnamese), tswv rooj (White Hmong)
    Sense id: en-chairman-en-noun-en:meeting_head Categories (other): Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Mingrelian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Western Apache translations Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 33 23 41 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Mingrelian translations: 35 19 42 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 33 22 41 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Western Apache translations: 25 33 40 3 Disambiguation of 'person presiding over a meeting': 96 2 2
  2. The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity. Translations (head of a corporate or governmental board): старшыня́ (staršynjá) [feminine, masculine] (Belarusian), галава́ (halavá) [feminine, masculine] (Belarusian), tagsiya (Cebuano), tsirman (Cebuano), prezidanto (Esperanto), hallituksen puheenjohtaja (Finnish), puheenjohtaja (Finnish), πρόεδρος (próedros) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), अध्यक्ष (adhyakṣ) [masculine] (Hindi), ketua (Indonesian), pengerusi (Malay), დუდმახვენჯი (dudmaxvenǯi) (Mingrelian), styreformann [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Väasetta [masculine] (Plautdietsch), prezes [masculine, person] (Polish), przewodniczący [masculine] (Polish), presidente [masculine] (Portuguese), președinte [masculine] (Romanian), председа́тель (predsedátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), presidente [masculine] (Spanish), mwenyekiti (Swahili), ordförande [common-gender] (Swedish), tagapangulo (Tagalog), голова́ (holová) [feminine, masculine] (Ukrainian), nantʼán (Western Apache), tswv rooj (White Hmong)
    Sense id: en-chairman-en-noun-en:leader Categories (other): Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Mingrelian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Western Apache translations Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 33 23 41 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Mingrelian translations: 35 19 42 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 33 22 41 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Western Apache translations: 25 33 40 3 Disambiguation of 'head of a corporate or governmental board': 2 93 5
  3. (historical) Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Leaders, Occupations
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41 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 11 28 56 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 9 27 58 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 33 23 41 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 33 23 41 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 9 30 56 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 9 30 56 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 32 25 40 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 9 25 59 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Cebuano translations: 9 25 60 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 32 25 40 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 6 16 75 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Dungan translations: 19 22 53 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 19 63 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 7 25 62 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 26 61 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 20 63 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 33 23 41 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 23 61 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 8 26 58 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 9 29 56 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 8 28 58 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 30 28 39 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 33 23 41 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 7 25 63 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 12 28 55 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 19 69 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 7 22 63 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 33 23 41 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 9 29 57 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 9 29 57 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 9 30 56 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Lao translations: 8 31 57 5 Disambiguation of Terms 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Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 19 69 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 9 30 56 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 33 22 41 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Sindhi translations: 10 24 60 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 33 23 41 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 33 22 41 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 22 63 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Sranan Tongo translations: 2 15 82 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 8 25 61 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 26 62 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 9 29 57 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 33 23 41 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 33 23 41 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 7 26 62 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkmen translations: 30 21 46 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 9 30 56 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 33 23 41 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 33 23 41 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Western Apache translations: 25 33 40 3 Disambiguation of Terms with White Hmong translations: 7 19 73 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: chair, chairperson, presiding officer, presider Derived forms: barangay chairman, chairmanager, chairmaness, chairmanlike, chairmanly, chairmanship, cochairman, subchairman, vice chairman, vice-chairman Coordinate_terms: chairwoman

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈtʃɛːmən/ [UK], /ˈtʃɛɹ.mən/ [US] Audio: en-us-chairman.ogg Forms: chairmans [present, singular, third-person], chairmaning [participle, present], chairmanning [participle, present], chairmaned [participle, past], chairmaned [past], chairmanned [participle, past], chairmanned [past]
Rhymes: -ɛːmən Etymology: From chair + -man. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|chair|man}} chair + -man Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=chairmanned|pres_ptc2=chairmanning}} chairman (third-person singular simple present chairmans, present participle chairmaning or chairmanning, simple past and past participle chairmaned or chairmanned)
  1. To serve as chairman.
    Sense id: en-chairman-en-verb-djbwoxB9

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "de",
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          "code": "el",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "yoshév rosh",
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          "word": "יוֹשֵׁב רֹאשׁ"
        },
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "adhyakṣ",
          "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "अध्यक्ष"
        },
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          "code": "hi",
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      "glosses": [
        "The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "corporate",
          "corporate"
        ],
        [
          "government",
          "government"
        ],
        [
          "board of directors",
          "board of directors"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:leader"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 618:",
          "text": "Mr Western entered; but not before a small wrangling bout had passed between him and his chairmen; for the fellows, who had taken up their burden at the Hercules Pillars, had conceived no hopes of having any future good customer in the squire […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers:",
          "text": "Mr. Winkle, catching sight of a lady's face at the window of the sedan, turned hastily round, plied the knocker with all his might and main, and called frantically upon the chairman to take the chair away again.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "carry",
          "carry"
        ],
        [
          "chair",
          "chair"
        ],
        [
          "sedan chair",
          "sedan chair"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:historical"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtʃɛːmən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtʃɛɹ.mən/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-chairman.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/En-us-chairman.ogg/En-us-chairman.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/En-us-chairman.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛːmən"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kryetar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "raʔīs",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "رَئِيس"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "naxagah",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "նախագահ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "sədr"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "staršynjá",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "старшыня́"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "halavá",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "галава́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predsedátel",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "председа́тел"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "sa.bhapa.ti.",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "သဘာပတိ"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "ukkathta.",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "tagsiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "tsirman"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "zyu² zik⁶",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "主席"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "議長"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ji⁵ zoeng²",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "议长"
    },
    {
      "code": "dng",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "žwxi",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan"
      ],
      "word": "җўщи"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǔxí",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "主席"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "議長"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìzhǎng",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "议长"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "předseda"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "formand"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voorzitter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "puheenjohtaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "for a political party",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "secrétaire général"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "président"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "tavmǯdomare",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "თავმჯდომარე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorsitzender"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorsitzende"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "próedros",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πρόεδρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "epistátēs",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ἐπιστάτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "próedros",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πρόεδρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "yoshév rosh",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "יוֹשֵׁב רֹאשׁ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "adhyakṣ",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "अध्यक्ष"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sabhāpti",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "सभापति"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "elnök"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "ketua"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "presidente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "chairman"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cathaoirleach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fear cathaoireach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "presidente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぎちょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gichō",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "議長"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いいんちょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iinchō",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "委員長"
    },
    {
      "alt": "りじちょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rijicho",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "理事長"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "basqarma",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "басқарма"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "prɑɑthiən",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "ប្រធាន"
    },
    {
      "alt": "議長",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "uijang",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "의장"
    },
    {
      "alt": "委員長",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wiwonjang",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "위원장"
    },
    {
      "alt": "主席",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "juseok",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "주석"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "başkarma",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "башкарма"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pa thān",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "ປະທານ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pirmininkas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pirmininkė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pretsedatel",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "претседател"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "pengerusi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "ċermen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ard-hoieder"
    },
    {
      "code": "xmf",
      "lang": "Mingrelian",
      "roman": "dudmaxvenǯi",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "დუდმახვენჯი"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "darga",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "дарга"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "darug-a",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "alą́ąjįʼ dahsidáhígíí"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "styreformann"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "møteleder"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ra'is",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "رئیس"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sadr",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "صدر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Väasetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "przewodniczący"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "presidente (da assembleia)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "președinte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chairman"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predsedátelʹ",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "председа́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neach-na-cathrach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пре́дседнӣк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пре́дсједнӣк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prédsednīk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prédsjednīk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "نِشِستمان"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "predseda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "predsedujoči"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "predsednik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "presidente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "secretario general"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "amrabasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "mwenyekiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ordförande"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "tagapangulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "rayis",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "раис"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "sadr",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "садр"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bprà-taan",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "ประธาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "başkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "reis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "başlyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "holová",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "голова́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "rais"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "sadr"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "chủ tịch"
    },
    {
      "code": "mww",
      "lang": "White Hmong",
      "sense": "person presiding over a meeting",
      "word": "tswv rooj"
    },
    {
      "code": "apw",
      "lang": "Western Apache",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "word": "nantʼán"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "staršynjá",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "старшыня́"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "halavá",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "галава́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "word": "tagsiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "word": "tsirman"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "word": "prezidanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "word": "hallituksen puheenjohtaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "word": "puheenjohtaja"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "próedros",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "πρόεδρος"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "adhyakṣ",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "अध्यक्ष"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "word": "ketua"
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "word": "pengerusi"
    },
    {
      "code": "xmf",
      "lang": "Mingrelian",
      "roman": "dudmaxvenǯi",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "word": "დუდმახვენჯი"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "styreformann"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Väasetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "prezes"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "przewodniczący"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "presidente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
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      "word": "președinte"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predsedátelʹ",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "председа́тель"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "presidente"
    },
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "word": "mwenyekiti"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
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      "word": "ordförande"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
      "word": "tagapangulo"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "holová",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
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      "word": "голова́"
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      "lang": "White Hmong",
      "sense": "head of a corporate or governmental board",
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