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secrétaire général — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • chairman noun The person who leads a board, committee, or meeting.
  • chairperson noun A gender-neutral term for the person who leads a meeting, committee, or organization.

Senses

secrétaire général is used for these senses in English:

  • General Secretary Chief officer or leader of a political party or organization, especially in Communist contexts.
  • Secretary General The chief administrator of an international body such as NATO or the United Nations.
  • chairman A person presiding over a meeting.
  • chairperson A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.

chairman — full definition

  1. noun The person who leads a board, committee, or meeting.
  2. verb To act as chairman of a group or meeting.

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