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chairwoman

chairwoman noun: a female chairperson.

Noun

chairwoman (plural chairwomen)

  1. A female chairperson
    • At a Reform dinner which took place in 1832, the united ages of three women, including the chairwoman, amounted to 264.1845, The New Statistical Account of Scotland
  2. (obsolete) A charwoman
    • […]according to her skill and qualifications, whether in the nature of a dairy-maid, a cook, or chairwoman.a. 1746 (date written), Jonathan Swift, “(please specify the title)”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume (please specify...

chairwoman meaning in Hindi, Kannada, Arabic and Malay

chairwoman in Hindi

female chairperson
अध्यक्षा adhyakṣā

chairwoman in Kannada

ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷೆ, ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷಿಣಿ

chairwoman in Arabic

female chairperson
رَئِيسَة raʔīsa

chairwoman in Malay

female chairperson
pengerusi, pengerusi wanita

Synonyms of chairwoman

Forms of chairwoman

pluralchairwomen

Origin of chairwoman

From chair + -woman.

Words formed from chairwoman

Questions about chairwoman

What does chairwoman mean?
Chairwoman means a female chairperson.
What is chairwoman in Hindi?
Chairwoman in Hindi is अध्यक्षा (adhyakṣā). See Chairwoman meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is chairwoman?
Chairwoman is a noun.
What is the plural of chairwoman?
The plural of chairwoman is chairwomen.

Words near chairwoman in the dictionary

  1. chairwarmer
  2. chairwarmers
  3. chairway
  4. chairways
  5. chairwise
  6. chairwoman
  7. chairwomanship
  8. chairwomanships
  9. chairwomen
  10. chairwork
  11. chais

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chairwoman (page history and authors); chairwoman (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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