Chairmen
['tʃεəmən]
Definition
(pl. ) of Chairman
Editor: Marilyn
Examples
- 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.
Editor: Marilyn