chairmen
- 1Plural of chairman.
The chairmen of the three subcommittees presented their findings together.
Regional chairmen gathered in the capital for the annual conference.
Note
The plural is formed by changing -man to -men, as with man itself, rather than by adding -s. The same form serves every noun sense of chairman: people presiding over meetings, heads of boards and committees, and, in historical contexts, the men who carried passengers in sedan chairs. Only context tells you which chairmen are meant: those running the meeting or those bearing the chair.
chairmen is a form of chairman
chairman, noun: The person who presides over a meeting, committee, or board, or who heads an organization's board. Full entry
- Forms
- chairmanchairmen plural
- Spelling
- chairman → chairmen: irregular plural (no -s)
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