chairwoman
noun
chair·wom·an
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plural chairwomen
Definition of chairwoman
: a woman who serves as chairman
Examples of chairwoman in a Sentence
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The chairwoman of the Baltimore City Council’s labor committee wants to stop testing candidates for many city jobs for marijuana use. — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, "Baltimore City Council to consider banning marijuana testing of candidates for many city government jobs," 9 Sep. 2019 On Wednesday McMormick issued a final order confirming her earlier ruling and individually confirming the five board members, led by the first chairwoman Luisa Palacios. — Marissa Luck, Houston Chronicle, "U.S. court confirms Citgo board appointed by Venezuela's opposition," 22 Aug. 2019 Making history on Appropriations Granger and Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., the Appropriations Committee chairwoman, are the first two women to hold the top posts on that influential panel. — Dallas News, "Kay Granger, only GOP woman from Texas in Congress, keeps low profile but has plenty of influence," 16 Aug. 2019 The party’s state chairwoman, Jennifer Carnahan, told KSTP-TV that other people also have been hostile while visiting the booth. — Time, "Volunteer at Minnesota State Fair's Republican Party Booth Reports Being Groped After Argument," 25 Aug. 2019 Prince Harry and Meghan chose Karen Blackett, the chairwoman of cable television company Mediacom UK, to be the first trustee of the Sussex Royal Foundation. — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, "These Are All the People Who Work for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle," 22 Aug. 2019 Shari Redstone, whose family controls both companies, will become chairwoman of ViacomCBS. — The Economist, "Business this week," 15 Aug. 2019 Christie McCormick and Donald Palmer, the two Republican commissioners, work most days from out of state — McCormick, the agency chairwoman, in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Palmer in a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida. — Jessica Huseman, ProPublica, "Federal Election Agency, Hungry for Funds, Now Pays for Officials to Get to Office," 19 July 2019 Just days after her father resigned, Nazarbayeva became the chairwoman of the country’s Senate, filling the role left open by Tokayev’s appointment as interim president. — Sabra Ayres, latimes.com, "Presidents may come and go. In Kazakhstan, there’s only one Father of the Nation," 6 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'chairwoman.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for chairwoman
chairwoman
noun
English Language Learners Definition of chairwoman
: a woman who leads a meeting, organization, committee, or event
See the full definition for chairwoman in the English Language Learners Dictionary
chairwoman
noun
chair·wom·an
| \ ˈcher-ˌwu̇-mən
\
\
plural chairwomen\ -ˌwi-mən \
Kids Definition of chairwoman
1
: a woman who leads a meeting, group, or event : chair
2
: a woman who is in charge of a company