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