chairpersonship
English
Etymology
From chairperson + -ship.
Pronunciation
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Noun
chairpersonship (countable and uncountable, plural chairpersonships)
- The office or term of a chairperson.
- 2008, Bibby & Schaffner, Politics, Parties, and Elections in America, 6th edition, p. 93:
- For the party that does not control the presidency – the out-party – control of the national chairpersonship is an important element in the struggle for intraparty ascendancy.
- 1991, Michael Billig, Ideology and Opinions, p, 90:
- No one wanted the chairpersonship, and in the event it went to someone who was ‘socially unacceptable’.
- 2008, Bibby & Schaffner, Politics, Parties, and Elections in America, 6th edition, p. 93: