Meanings
nounvice-chairman (plural vice-chairmen)
plural vice-chairmen
- alternativeAlternative form of vice chairman.
Lin's power finally became so great that Mao, much against his will and better judgment, agreed in the revised party constituition of April, 1969, to name Lin as the sole Vice-Chairman and, therefore, his successor.
1983, James C. H. Shen, “Dropping the First Shoe”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally, Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 76
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*weyk-
- Latinvice
- Englishvice-
- 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
- Englishvice-chairman
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APA
vice-chairman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vice-chairman
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“vice-chairman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vice-chairman. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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