chairmanship

English

Etymology

chairman +‎ -ship

Noun

chairmanship (countable and uncountable, plural chairmanships)

1. The office, or the term, of a chairman.
   • 1999 John Gunn - Contested Skies: Trans-Australian Airlines

     Nixon proposed the establishment of an Aviation Industry Consultative Council under the chairmanship of the permanent head of his department […]

   • 1891 Hansard's Parliamentary Debates

     Afterwards, Sir Eardly Wilmot had been appointed, from whom, on account of his long chairmanship of quarter-sessions, much had reasonably been expected.

Translations

office or term of a chairman

• Finnish: puheenjohtajuus (fi), puheenjohtajakausi
• Italian: presidenza (it) f
• Manx: ard-hoiederys m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: formannskap n

  Nynorsk: formannskap m

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• Russian: председа́тельство (ru) n (predsedátelʹstvo)