1. The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
The office of a chairman of a meeting or organized body.
Director Roget’s Thesaurus §694
N. director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller, superintendent, supervisor, straw boss, intendant, overseer, overlooker, supercargo, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile, moderator, monitor, taskmaster, master, leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman, precentor, bellwether, agitator, caporal, choregus, collector, file leader, flugelman, linkboy, guiding star, adviser, guide, pilot, helmsman, steersman, steermate, wire- puller, driver, whip, jehu, charioteer, coachman, carman, cabman, postilion, vetturino, muleteer, arriero, teamster, whipper in, head, head man, head center, boss, principal, president, speaker, chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, captain, superior, mayor, vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch, officer, functionary, minister, official, red-tapist, bureaucrat, man in office, jack in office, office bearer, person in authority, statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician, statist|, statemonger, minos, draco, arbiter, boss, political dictator, board, secretary, secretary of state, reis effendi, vicar, steward, factor, agent, bailiff, middleman, foreman, clerk of works, landreeve, factotum, major-domo, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier, proctor, procurator
Adv. ex officio
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