Definition of Chairmanship

1. Noun. The position of chairman.

Generic synonyms: Berth, Billet, Office, Place, Position, Post, Situation, Spot
Derivative terms: Chairman

Definition of Chairmanship

1. n. The office of a chairman of a meeting or organized body.

Definition of Chairmanship

1. Noun. The office, or the term of a chairman. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chairmanship

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chairmanship

chairless
chairlift
chairlifts
chairlike
chairmaker
chairmakers
chairmaking
chairman
chairman of the board
chairmaned
chairmaning
chairmanlike
chairmanned
chairmanning
chairmans
chairmanship (current term)
chairmanships
chairmat
chairmats
chairmen
chairobics
chairoplane
chairoplanes
chairpeople
chairperson
chairpersons
chairpersonship
chairpersonships
chairs
chairship

Literary usage of Chairmanship

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1906)
"He appealed to the senators who were devoted to the administration, to depose Sumner from the chairmanship of his committee and on the assembling of the new ..."

2. War of the Rebellion; Or, Scylla and Charybdis: Consisting of Observations by Henry Stuart Foote (1866)
"Colonel Benton deprived in Democratic Caucus of the chairmanship of the Committee of Foreign Affairs in the Senate on the Motion of the Author, ..."

3. Thomas George Earl of Northbrook, G.C.S.I.: A Memoir by Bernard (Sir) Mallet (1908)
"Eventually, happily for the county, the chairmanship was accepted by him, and he undertook the duties of the office with great energy and zeal. ..."

4. Old Time Notes of Pennsylvania: A Connected and Chronological Record of the by Alexander Kelly McClure (1905)
"... Expected a Unanimous Nomination— Hartranft Suddenly Forced to the Front—The Organization for chairmanship of the Republican State Committee Taken from ..."

5. The Life and Work of Sir William Van Horne by Vaughan, Walter (1920)
"chairmanship OF NATIONAL COMMISSION. SECOND ILLNESS. DEATH. JOHN E. LOGAN'S VERSES. THROUGH the fateful events of August, 1914, Van Home held to his belief ..."

6. The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage by Rowland Hill (1880)
"... considerably on my strength both of body and mind, I resolved to obtain a long holiday—an indulgence impracticable while I retained the chairmanship. ..."

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