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chairmanager

chairmanager noun: a person who (temporarily) holds the position of both chairman and manager of a club.

Noun

chairmanager (plural chairmanagers)

  1. (informal) A person who (temporarily) holds the position of both chairman and manager of a club
    • Notoriously, Barry Fry spent nine years from 1996 to 2005 as chairmanager of Peterborough United, presiding over one promotion and two relegations.2015 October 21, John Ashdown, “Football’s unbreakable records and the teams who can’t play each other”, in The Guardian

Forms of chairmanager

pluralchairmanagers

Origin of chairmanager

Blend of chairman + manager.

Questions about chairmanager

What does chairmanager mean?
Chairmanager means a person who (temporarily) holds the position of both chairman and manager of a club.
What part of speech is chairmanager?
Chairmanager is a noun.
What is the plural of chairmanager?
The plural of chairmanager is chairmanagers.

Words near chairmanager in the dictionary

  1. chairmaker's bulrush
  2. chairmaker's bulrushes
  3. chairmakers
  4. chairmaking
  5. chairman
  6. chairmanager
  7. chairmanagers
  8. chairmaned
  9. chairmaness
  10. chairmanesses
  11. chairmaning

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