President
['prezɪd(ə)nt] or ['prɛzɪdənt]
Definition
(noun.) the chief executive of a republic.
(noun.) an executive officer of a firm or corporation.
(noun.) the head administrative officer of a college or university.
(noun.) the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; 'address your remarks to the chairperson'.
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Definition
(n.) Precedent.
(a.) Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.
(n.) One who is elected or appointed to preside; a presiding officer, as of a legislative body.
(n.) The chief officer of a corporation, company, institution, society, or the like.
(n.) The chief executive officer of the government in certain republics; as, the president of the United States.
(n.) A protector; a guardian; a presiding genius.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Chairman, moderator, principal, superintendent
ANT:Member, subordinate, constituent, corporation, society, ward, institution
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom— and of whom only—it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President.
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Examples
- On November 14, 1888, President Carnot opened the institution, which was soon to witness the triumphs of Roux, Yersin, Metchnikoff, and other disciples of Pasteur. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The inventor said that he would leave that to the president. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Mirabeau should be printed; and that the president should write a letter of condolence upon the occasion to the Congress of America. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- So I and the vice-president of the company, Mr. Mallory, crowded through the manhole to see why the ore would not come down. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- On this same visit to Washington I had my last interview with the President before reaching the James River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Before the war was over he was like the President when he was taken with the varioloid: at last he had something he could give to all who wanted it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Probably he is a president, or a pasha, or some of those dreadful things you speak of. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The President of France lent me his private box. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I did not communicate my plans to the President, nor did I to the Secretary of War or to General Halleck. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Brown, President of the New York Central Railroad, and Marvin Hughitt, President of the Chicago & North western Railroad. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The National Whig Convention, to nominate candidates for President and Vice-President, met at Baltimore on May 1, 1844. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- President Diaz, of Mexico, visited this country with Mrs. Diaz, a highly educated and beautiful woman. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We'll put it to a vote, said the President. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Archer looked back to the President of the United States, and then down at his desk and at the papers scattered on it. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- President Taft and a great audience were present. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- For in the first years of the Twentieth Century, Roosevelt spoke for this nation, as few presidents have spoken in our history. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There is a president in Italy; there are presidents abroad. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A man who has been false to the Brotherhood is discovered sooner or later by the chiefs who know him--presidents or secretaries, as the case may be. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A very large proportion of the presidents and leading officials of the great railroad systems are old telegraphers, including Messrs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The State that rivals Virginia as a Mother of Presidents has evidently other titles to distinction of the same nature. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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