"chairmanship" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chairmanships [plural]
Etymology: chairman + -ship Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|chairman|ship}} chairman + -ship Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chairmanship (countable and uncountable, plural chairmanships)
  1. The office, or the term, of a chairman. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (office or term of a chairman): předsednictví [neuter] (Czech), puheenjohtajuus (Finnish), puheenjohtajakausi (Finnish), présidence [feminine] (French), presidenza [feminine] (Italian), ard-hoiederys [masculine] (Manx), formannskap [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), formannskap [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), председа́тельство (predsedátelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), uenyekiti (Swahili), ordförandeskap [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-chairmanship-en-noun-8~0f~nKr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ship

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