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president

president

133 2.5
A person who leads meetings of an organization or committee
  • noun
  • /ˈprɛzɪdənt/
translation icon : presidente
  • And so did the current president of the AHA, Dan Jones.
  • chaired by the president
  • vice president
  • president-elect

So there he is, the president of the Heritage Foundation.

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Examples

  • The president opened the meeting with a summary of the agenda.

  • I, for example, came to the Congress as president of a federation of cooperatives, FECOTRIGO.

    Academic text (1999)
  • And the president then asked me to be on the board.

  • I speak as a friend, but also as president of the board.

  • So I am president of the Environment Defense League.

  • So there he is, the president of the Heritage Foundation.

  • Vote for Steve for senior class president.

  • That's your duty as president.

  • I'm the president of La Hermandad.

  • Actually, Grandpa had been elected president of the Sanitary Suppliers' Association of Southern California.

    Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

chairman
vspresident
3.2

A person who leads meetings of a board or committee

is the neutral organization leader title not limited by gender
chair
vspresident
258 3.1

A person who leads a meeting or committee

is the common organizational leader who presides over meetings
moderator
vspresident
104 3.9

A person who leads a discussion to keep it fair

is focused on leading overall meetings rather than only guiding discussions
chairwoman
vspresident
25 3.2

A woman who leads a meeting, committee, or organization

is the neutral title used for leaders regardless of gender
chairperson
vspresident
15 3.5

A person who leads a meeting, committee, or organization

is the standard formal title for the same organizational leadership role
prez
vspresident
  • Slang
3 8.6

A person who leads a group, like a club or council

is the standard formal title used for leading and presiding in organizations
presiding officer
vspresident
  • Formal
3 6.1

A person who leads a meeting and makes sure it runs correctly

is the organizational leader who presides without special focus on procedure
presider
vspresident
1 7.3

A person who leads a meeting, ceremony, or event

is the organizational leader who presides specifically at meetings

Compounds

Elected leader of the United States who runs the national government

352 3.4

A senior leader who is second in charge and takes over when the leader is away

A top company manager who leads major divisions and ranks above other vice presidents

A senior manager who leads major company divisions and reports to the CEO

Leader of the United States who represents the country and runs the federal government

The person who is president now

A person who is second in the United States government and leads the Senate, becoming President if needed

An elected leader of the United States who runs the national government and speaks for the country

A group of government offices that help the United States President carry out duties and make policy

1 3.9

A person who used to be president

The 16th United States President who led the country during the Civil War and freed slaves

How Senior

president
133 2.5
presiding officer
  • Formal
3 6.1
chair
258 3.1
moderator
104 3.9

Surface Forms

president singular
presidents plural

Morphology

president = preside (transparent) = preside + ent

Derived by adding '-ent' to 'preside' to denote 'one who presides'; the sense of chairing meetings is the prototypical instantiation.

Etymology

The word president comes from Latin parts pre- ('before') and sedere ('to sit'), and it originally meant someone who 'sits before' a group to lead the meeting. So a president of a club or committee is the person who chairs and guides the group's meetings.