presider

noun

Definition of presidernext
as in chairperson
a person in charge of a meeting I was unaccustomed to being the presider of anything larger than a departmental meeting

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  1. chairperson
  2. moderator
  3. president
  4. chairman
Noun
  • Daniel Sanders, director of Legal Services at Radiant Futures in Fullerton, recently was named chairperson for the Orange County Family Violence Council.
    Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 4 Nov. 2024
  • While technically there is no obligation for an incumbent chairperson to resign upon a change in either Congressional or White House leadership that has been the case previously.
    Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of chairperson
Noun
  • Following his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump lashed out at ABC over the moderators' fact-checking efforts.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • In other words, moderators in Reddit who remove comments that run afoul of their own political views.
    Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of moderator
Noun
  • Brennan, who was appointed by Republican former president and now president-elect Donald Trump, was joined by Senior Circuit Judge Kenneth Ripple, an appointee of Republican former president Ronald Reagan.
    Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Some have speculated Trump might use his second term as president to help mend the deep divisions he’s created over the last tempestuous decade.
    Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of president
Noun
  • His father, Joseph Kennedy, made a large fortune as an investor, and also was appointed by Franklin Delano in 1934 Roosevelt as the first chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. 3.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Marcus was Home Depot’s CEO until 1997 and served as the company’s chairman until his retirement in 2002.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of chairman
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