chairman: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 15 letter points · starts with C · ends with N
Meaning of chairman
noun
A person presiding over a meeting, sometimes especially a man. (Compare chairwoman, chairperson, chair.)
The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
- historical
Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance.
Listed forms: chairmen.
Source: Wiktionary — chairman.
verb
To serve as chairman.
Listed forms: chairmans, chairmaning, chairmanning, chairmaned, chairmanned.
Source: Wiktionary — chairman.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
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verb
act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is chairman in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of chairman
C(3) + H(4) + A(1) + I(1) + R(1) + M(3) + A(1) + N(1) = 15 points.
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Anagrams of chairman
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from chairman
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