Chairman
['tʃeəmən] or ['tʃɛrmən]
Definition
(n.) The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.
(n.) One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan.
Editor: Pedro
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Chair, presiding officer.
Typist: Sean
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you see the chairman of any public body, foretells you will seek elevation and be recompensed by receiving a high position of trust. To see one looking out of humor you are threatened with unsatisfactory states. If you are a chairman, you will be distinguished for your justice and kindness to others.
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Examples
- There was a chairman to regulate the proceedings, and this functionary now took the case into his own hands. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Here's somebody comin' at last, ma'am,' said the short chairman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You had better say he won't,' replied the chairman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The chairman of the committee, after seeing how quickly and perfectly it worked, said: 'Young man, if there is any invention on earth that we don't want down here, it is this. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Fortunately, she comes awake of herself, and puts the question to the Wandering Chairman. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mr. Grundy's going to oblige the company with a song,' said the chairman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Servants is in the arms o' Porpus, I think,' said the short chairman, warming his hands at the attendant link-boy's torch. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Pretty situation for the general chairman of the Pickwick Club. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The chairman to whom he was referred examined it carefully. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- With that, the chairman shook him frankly by the hand, and sat down again. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Allow me, Mr. Hawley, said the chairman; and Mr. Hawley, still fuming, bowed half impatiently, and sat down with his hands thrust deep in his pockets. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The Chairman, in proposing a hearty vote of thanks to Prof. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Stephen Blackpool,' said the chairman, rising, 'think on 't agen. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Why don't you enliven us yourself, Mr. Chairman? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He was Chairman of this, Trustee of that, President of the other. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Chairmen in London, during the summer season, are said sometimes to be employed as bricklayers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The procession then reformed; the chairmen resumed their stations; and the march was re- commenced. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In another minute Mr. Weller had made his way through the crowd, stopped the chairmen, and confronted the portly Grummer. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In this order they reached the magistrate's house; the chairmen trotting, the prisoners following, Mr. Pickwick oratorising, and the crowd shouting. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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