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chairmanlike

chairmanlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a chairman.

Adjective

chairmanlike (comparative more chairmanlike, superlative most chairmanlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a chairman.
    • Agents at both companies have been eager to hear details of a governance plan that many believe would put Mr. Wiatt in a chairmanlike position, leaving Mr. Emanuel, perhaps still without a title, with operating control of a company that presumably would have far fewer than the 1,000 or so employees...2009 March 11, Brooks Barnes, “William Morris and Endeavor Explore a Merger”, in New York Times

Forms of chairmanlike

comparativemore chairmanlike
superlativemost chairmanlike

Origin of chairmanlike

From chairman + -like.

Questions about chairmanlike

What does chairmanlike mean?
Chairmanlike means resembling or characteristic of a chairman.
What part of speech is chairmanlike?
Chairmanlike is an adjective.

Words near chairmanlike in the dictionary

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

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