Dictionary

chairwoman en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English chairwoman From chair + -woman.

Meanings

1. A female chairperson
   • 1845, The New Statistical Account of Scotland At a Reform dinner which took place in 1832, the united ages of three women, including the chairwoman, amounted to 264.
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 |volume=I to XIX), London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC:

Forms

Coordinates

chairman

Deriveds

chairwomanship · cochairwoman

Hypernyms

chair · chairperson · presider · presiding officer

Synonyms

chairmaness

Translations (36)

mww tswv rooj (female chairperson) · ms pengerusi (female chairperson) · fr secrétaire générale (female chairperson) · lv priekšsēdētāja (female chairperson) · sh prédsednica (female chairperson) · ga cathaoirleach (female chairperson) · sh пре́дсједница (female chairperson) · sh prédsjednica (female chairperson) · ar رَئِيسَة (female chairperson) · ro președintă (female chairperson) · sh пре́дседница (female chairperson) · fr présidente (female chairperson) · hi अध्यक्षा (female chairperson) · nl voorzitster (female chairperson) · be галава́ (female chairperson) · mk претседавачка (female chairperson) · sk predsedníčka (female chairperson) · sl predsednica (female chairperson) · sl predsedujoča (female chairperson) · eo prezidantino (female chairperson) · ru председа́тельница (female chairperson) · lt pirmininkė (female chairperson) · de Vorsitzende (female chairperson) · it presidentessa (female chairperson) · uk голова́ (female chairperson) · fi puheenjohtaja (female chairperson) · uk голови́ха (female chairperson) · cs předsedkyně (female chairperson) · es presidenta (female chairperson) · ru председа́тельша (female chairperson) · mk претседателка (female chairperson) · ms pengerusi wanita (female chairperson) · be старшыня́ (female chairperson) · pl przewodnicząca (female chairperson) · bg председа́телка (female chairperson) · it presidente (female chairperson)