chairmanship

English

Etymology

From chairman +‎ -ship.

Noun

chairmanship (countable and uncountable, plural chairmanships)

1. The office, or the term, of a chairman.
   • 1891, Hansard's Parliamentary Debates:

     Afterwards, Sir Eardly Wilmot had been appointed, from whom, on account of his long chairmanship of quarter-sessions, much had reasonably been expected.

   • 1951 February, “Resignation of Sir Eustace Missenden”, in Railway Magazine, page 75:

     The resignation of Sir Eustace Missenden from the chairmanship of the Railway Executive was announced by the Minister of Transport at Christmas.

   • 1962 October, “The Victoria Line was only part of the plan”, in Modern Railways, page 258:

     To particularise the railway improvements required by the County of London Plan, 1943, a Committee under the Chairmanship of Professor Sir Charles Inglis was appointed in February, 1944, by the Minister of War Transport.

   • 1999, John Gunn, Contested Skies: Trans-Australian Airlines:

     Nixon proposed the establishment of an Aviation Industry Consultative Council under the chairmanship of the permanent head of his department […]

   • 2020 June 3, Lilian Greenwood talks to Paul Stephen, “Rail's 'underlying challenges' remain”, in Rail, page 33:

     Having put partisan interests to one side, Greenwood set about making teamwork a watchword for her chairmanship, while seeking the broadest possible participation in subsequent inquiries.

Translations

office or term of a chairman

• Czech: předsednictví n
• Finnish: puheenjohtajuus (fi), puheenjohtajakausi
• French: présidence (fr) f
• Italian: presidenza (it) f
• Manx: ard-hoiederys m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: formannskap n

  Nynorsk: formannskap m

• Russian: председа́тельство (ru) n (predsedátelʹstvo)
• Swahili: uenyekiti
• Swedish: ordförandeskap (sv) n