chairwomanship

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noun

The office or term of chairwoman.

OriginProto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English chairwoman ← Middle English woman →
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Meanings

nounchairwomanship (usually uncountable, plural chairwomanships)

plural chairwomanships

  1. uncountableusuallyThe office or term of chairwoman.

    One of the officials said he was familiar with the transcript of “at least one phone call” in which Ms. Harman discussed weighing in with the department on the investigation of the Aipac officials and her possible chairwomanship of the Intelligence Committee.

    2009 April 21, Neil A. Lewis, “Lawmaker Is Said to Have Agreed to Aid Lobbyists”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  5. Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
  8. Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
  9. Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
  10. Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
  11. Latincathedra
  12. Old Frenchchaiere
  13. Middle Englishchayere
  14. Englishchair
  15. Proto-Germanic*wībą
  16. Proto-West Germanic*wīb
  17. Old Englishwīf
  18. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  19. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  20. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  21. Old Englishmann
  22. Old Englishwīfmann
  23. Middle Englishwoman
  24. Englishchairwoman
  25. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  26. Englishchairwomanship

From chairwoman + -ship.

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APA

chairwomanship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chairwomanship

MLA

“chairwomanship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chairwomanship. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chairwomanship,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chairwomanship.

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