chairman

1. chairman (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A person presiding over a meeting, sometimes especially a man. (Compare chairwoman, chairperson, chair.)

2. chairman (noun) — sense 2

Definition: The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.

Example: When I got ready to leave, why, Chairman Mao came down to the plane. Chairman Mao gave me some Chinese rugs and told me that I was the only prisoner of war that had ever come through there from North China.

3. chairman (noun) — sense 3

Definition: Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance.

Example: Mr Western entered; but not before a small wrangling bout had passed between him and his chairmen; for the fellows, who had taken up their burden at the Hercules Pillars, had conceived no hopes of having any future good customer in the squire […]

4. chairman (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To serve as chairman.