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chairmanship

chairmanship

16 5.7
The time a person leads a committee, board or meeting
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃɛr.mən.ʃɪp/
translation icon : presidencia
  • Republicans in that chamber will vote Wednesday for the chairmanship of the House Republican Conference.
  • chairmanship of the committee
  • assumed the chairmanship
  • resigned the chairmanship

So they were in absolute seriousness and a committee was formed under the chairmanship of Bruce Mann.

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Examples

  • After I accepted the chairmanship of Crown, it became necessary for me to distance myself from the group.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Mr Hanson, it's a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again.

  • Just four months before the meeting that killed the electric car, Lloyd accepted the chairmanship of the California Fuel Cell Partnership.

    Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)

  • Ernst, in turn, was relieved of the chairmanship when he took office as president in 1958.

    Academic text (1991)

  • An interdepartmental committee was convened under the chairmanship of Sir Russell Brain.

    Academic text (2005)

  • In 1943, the British government formed a committee under the chairmanship of Lord Brabazon to identify postwar civil aviation requirements.

    Academic text (2003)

  • And Leahy has stepped up to the chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee with the Democrats retaking the Senate.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Some board members may wish to strip Rupert Murdoch of his chairmanship, speculates The Atlantic.

    Blog text (17)

  • Sheldon Hackney's departure from the NEH chairmanship leaves the humanities endowment precisely in this situation.

    Academic text (1997)

  • During the annual meeting, we elected Jane to take over the chairmanship of the board.

Synonyms

leadership
vschairmanship
429 3.4

Position of being in charge of a group or organization

is limited to presiding over committees, boards, or meetings

How Official

chairmanship
16 5.7
assessorship
  • Formal
8.1
office
∞ 1.6
post
560 3.1
position
957 3.2
role
∞ 1.3

Surface Forms

chairmanship singular
chairmanships plural

Morphology

chairmanship = chairman (transparent) = chair + man + ship

Formed by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ship' to 'chairman' to denote the office, a regular and inferable derivation for learners.

Etymology

Chairmanship comes from the simple idea of a leader 'sitting' in the chair: chair means 'seat', and adding man and -ship makes it the person's position or time in that role, much like leadership. So chairmanship means the position or period of being the person who leads a meeting or board.