Chairmanlike
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Resembling or characteristic of a chairman.
"Agents at both companies have been eager to hear details of a governance plan that many believe would put Mr. Wiatt in a chairmanlike position, leaving Mr. Emanuel, perhaps still without a title, with operating control of a company that presumably would have far fewer than the 1,000 or so employees currently working for the two combined."
Example
More examples"Agents at both companies have been eager to hear details of a governance plan that many believe would put Mr. Wiatt in a chairmanlike position, leaving Mr. Emanuel, perhaps still without a title, with operating control of a company that presumably would have far fewer than the 1,000 or so employees currently working for the two combined."
Etymology
From chairman + -like.
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