transcription, транскрипция: [ tʃeə(r)mən ]
( chairmen)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
The chairman of a committee, organization, or company is the head of it.
Glyn Ford is chairman of the Committee which produced the report...
I had done business with the company’s chairman.
N-COUNT : oft with poss
2.
The chairman of a meeting or debate is the person in charge, who decides when each person is allowed to speak.
The chairman declared the meeting open...
I hear you, Mr. Chairman.
N-COUNT ; N-VOC : Mr/Madam N