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Vorsitzende — 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.
  • chairwoman noun A woman who leads a board, committee, or meeting.
  • president noun The elected head of state of a republic, or the head of its government.
  • speaker noun A device that converts electrical signals into sound.

Senses

Vorsitzende is used for these senses in English:

  • chairman A person presiding over a meeting.
  • chairperson A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.
  • chairwoman A female chairperson
  • president A person presiding over a meeting; a chair, presiding officer, presider.
  • speaker (politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.

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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