chairman
/ˈtʃeər·mən/ n [C] (plural -men /ˈtʃeər·mən/)Definition
› a person in charge of a meeting, organization, or department; a chairperson Note: Although chairman can refer to a person of either sex, chairperson or chair is often preferred to avoid giving the idea the person is necessarily male.
(Definition of chairman n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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