chair + person

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  • IPA (key): /ˈtʃɛːpəːs(ə)n/
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Singular
chairperson

Plural
chairpersons or chairpeople

  1. (countable) A chairperson is the person who controls a meeting or an organization.
    Alan Eastwood is the former chairperson of the Police Federation.
    Mr Saatchi will continue as chairperson but is being replaced as chief executive by Robert Louis-Dreyfus.