presidents

Noun

president (plural presidents)

1. The head of state of a republic, sometimes also the head of government as well, particularly (US politics) the head of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States of America.
   • The vast majority of presidents have been male.

   Synonyms:

   POTUS

2. A person presiding over a corporation, usually an executive overseeing daily operations under a chief executive officer but sometimes a separate position held by a CEO.
3. A person presiding over a meeting.
   • The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;
   • The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President,[…]1803, Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution

   Synonyms:

   chair, presiding officer, presider

4. A person presiding over a dinner or similar informal conversation.
   • At another dinner, the president, on the removal of the cloth, rose and said... We will conduct weself in sich a manner, dat massa will neber be sorry for what him do dis night.1834 September 27, Anonymous, "West Indies: Spanish Town, Aug. 2, 1834", Niles' Weekly Register, Vol. XLVII (Vol. XI, 4th Ser.), p. 58

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