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chairmanesses

chairmanesses is the plural of chairmaness.

Meaning of chairmaness

Noun

chairmaness (plural chairmanesses)

  1. (dated) Synonym of chairwoman.
    • He did not wish to introduce the names of ladies into the debate, but could not help remarking that in The Times of Saturday last, there appeared an advertisement of a society to collect funds to be remitted to General Garibaldi, of which society the Countess of Shaftesbury was Chairmaness—[A...1860 August 16, Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates. […], volumes CLX […], London: […] Cornelius Buck, […], page 1374
    Synonyms:
    chairwoman

Questions about chairmanesses

What is chairmanesses the plural of?
Chairmanesses is the plural of chairmaness.

Words near chairmanesses in the dictionary

  1. chairman
  2. chairmanager
  3. chairmanagers
  4. chairmaned
  5. chairmaness
  6. chairmanesses
  7. chairmaning
  8. chairmanlike
  9. chairmanly
  10. chairmanned
  11. chairmanning

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