chairperson

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.
    — She was the chairperson of the board and she presided over the meeting.

词形变化

chairpersons plural chairpeople plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.?
Proto-Hellenic *kətá
Ancient Greek κατά (katá)
Proto-Indo-European *sed-der.
Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂
Proto-Hellenic *hédrā
Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra)
Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor.
Latin cathedrader.
Old French chaierebor.
Middle English chayere
English chair
Latin persōna
Anglo-Norman persouneder.
Middle English persoun
English person
English -person
English chairperson
From chair + person, after chairman and chairwoman.
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