Meanings
comparative more chairmanlike · superlative most chairmanlike
- Resembling or characteristic of a chairman.
1 more example
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.
2009 March 11, Brooks Barnes, “William Morris and Endeavor Explore a Merger”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
- Proto-Hellenic*kətá
- Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
- Proto-Indo-European*sed-
- Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
- Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
- Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
- Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
- Latincathedra
- Old Frenchchaiere
- Middle Englishchayere
- Englishchair
- Proto-Indo-European*mon-
- Proto-Germanic*mann-
- Proto-West Germanic*mann
- Old Englishmann
- Middle Englishman
- Englishchairman
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishchairmanlike
Cite this entry
chairmanlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chairmanlike
“chairmanlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chairmanlike. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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