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chairperson

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about chairperson at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. The officer who presides at the meetings of an organization.
    address your remarks to the chairperson

Origin

From chair + person, after chairman and chairwoman.

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