chairperson
chairperson noun: a chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.
Noun
chairperson (plural chairpersons or chairpeople)
- A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.
- She was the chairperson of the board and she presided over the meeting.
chairperson meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
chairperson in Hindi
- a person who presides over a meeting, a board
- अध्यक्ष adhyakṣ, अध्यक्षा adhyakṣā, सभापति sabhāpti, सभाध्यक्ष sabhādhyakṣ, सदर sadar
chairperson in Urdu
- a person who presides over a meeting, a board
- صَدْر sadr, رَئِیس raīs
chairperson in Bengali
- a person who presides over a meeting, a board
- সভাপতি śobhapoti, সভানেত্রী śobhanetri
chairperson in Kannada
- ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷನಾದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ, ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷತೆ ವಹಿಸುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ
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- chairperson in Punjabi
- ਅਧਿਅਕਸ਼ adhiakaś
- chairperson in Sanskrit
- सभापति sabhāpati, प्रधान pradhāna, अध्यक्ष adhyakṣa
- chairperson in Pashto
- ریيس rayis, صدر sadǝr
- chairperson in Arabic
- رَئِيس raʔīs, رَئِيسَة raʔīsa, صَدْر ṣadr
- chairperson in Malay
- pengerusi
- chairperson in Indonesian
- ketua
- chairperson in Thai
- ประธาน bprà-taan
- chairperson in Vietnamese
- chủ tịch
- chairperson in Myanmar
- သဘာပတိ sa.bhapa.ti., ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ ukkathta.
- Sindhi
- نِشِستمان niśistmā̃
Synonyms of chairperson
Forms of chairperson
| plural | chairpersons |
|---|---|
| plural | chairpeople |
Origin of chairperson
From chair + person, after chairman and chairwoman.
Words formed from chairperson
Questions about chairperson
- What does chairperson mean?
- Chairperson means a chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.
- What is chairperson in Hindi?
- Chairperson in Hindi is अध्यक्ष (adhyakṣ), अध्यक्षा (adhyakṣā), सभापति (sabhāpti). See Chairperson meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is chairperson?
- Chairperson is a noun.
- What is the plural of chairperson?
- The plural of chairperson is chairpersons.
Words near chairperson in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: chairperson (page history and authors); chairperson (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਅਧਿਅਕਸ਼ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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