cochairman

noun

co·​chair·​man ˌkō-ˈcher-mən How to pronounce cochairman (audio)
plural cochairmen
: someone and especially a man who is a cochair
… Simmons served as cochairman of the march, along with the Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III …Johnnie L. Roberts
The President today announced that he will nominate Carin Ann Clauss to be Solicitor of the Department of Labor. … She was cochairman of the Labor Committee of the Federal Bar Association in 1968 and 1972.Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Jimmy Carter, 1977

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The lack of social safety nets in many Asian countries motivated many governments to roll out the vaccines quickly, said Tikki Pangestu, a cochairman of the Asia-Pacific Immunization Coalition, a group that assesses COVID-19 vaccine preparedness. BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2021 But his open advocacy of an ownership bid by Oracle—whose cochairman, Larry Ellison, hosted a top-dollar fundraiser for the President earlier this year—has raised hackles in Congress and C-suites alike. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2020 The Senate did not include the line item, despite the prodding of Senator Brendan Crighton, cochairman of the housing committee. BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2019 The committee is holding the meeting in Springfield, after all, and Lesser is the cochairman. BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2019 The committee received several six-figure contributions, including from Carl Ferenbach, cofounder of Berkshire Partners, and Joshua Bekenstein, cochairman of Bain Capital, who together gave more than $237,000. BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2019 Along with serving as dean until 1995, and as cochairman of Partners until 1996, Dr. McArthur was on numerous boards. Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2019 This has become a personal mission for Kevin Phelan, cochairman of Colliers International’s Boston office and one of the local commercial real estate industry’s best known leaders. Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2019 Toensing has represented Sam Clovis, the former Trump campaign cochairman, and Erik Prince, founder of the security contractor Blackwater and an informal adviser to Trump. BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cochairman was in 1894

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“Cochairman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cochairman. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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