chairmanship

English

Etymology

chairman +‎ -ship

Noun

chairmanship (countable and uncountable, plural chairmanships)

  1. The office, or the term, of a chairman.
    • 1999 John Gunn - Contested Skies: Trans-Australian Airlines
      Nixon proposed the establishment of an Aviation Industry Consultative Council under the chairmanship of the permanent head of his department […]
    • 1891 Hansard's Parliamentary Debates
      Afterwards, Sir Eardly Wilmot had been appointed, from whom, on account of his long chairmanship of quarter-sessions, much had reasonably been expected.

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