vice-chair

noun

vice chairman, vice chairperson

OriginEnglish chair ← Middle English chayere ← Old French chaiere →
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Meanings

nounvice-chair (plural vice-chairs)

plural vice-chairs · alternative vice chair

  1. vice chairman, vice chairperson

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyk-
  2. Latinvice
  3. Englishvice-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  7. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  8. Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
  11. Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
  12. Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
  13. Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
  14. Latincathedra
  15. Old Frenchchaiere
  16. Middle Englishchayere
  17. Englishchair
  18. Englishvice-chair

From vice- + chair.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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