PRESIDENT

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin praesident-, praesidens, from present participle of praesidēre Date: 14th century an official chosen to preside over a meeting or assembly, an appointed governor of a subordinate political unit, the chief officer of an organization (as a corporation or institution) usually entrusted with the direction and administration of its policies, the presiding officer of a governmental body, 5. an elected official serving as both chief of state and chief political executive in a republic having a ~ial government, an elected official having the position of chief of state but usually only minimal political powers in a republic having a parliamentary government, ~ial adjective ~ially adverb ~ship noun