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chairman (n.)
1650s, "occupier of a chair of authority," from
chair
(n.) +
man
(n.). Meaning "member of a corporate body chosen to preside at meetings" is from c. 1730.
Chairwoman
in this sense first attested 1752;
chairperson
1971.
