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adj
Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
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name
A surname.
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noun
The head of state of a republic, sometimes also the head of government as well, particularly (US politics) the head of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States of America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person presiding over a corporation, usually an executive overseeing daily operations under a chief executive officer but sometimes a separate position held by a CEO.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business
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noun
A person presiding over a meeting.
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noun
A person presiding over a dinner or similar informal conversation.
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noun
Obsolete form of precedent.
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Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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noun
An honorific for the head of state of a republic.
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verb
To act as president; to do presidential duties.
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noun
the office of the United States head of state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: President of the United States, Chief Executive
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Broader terms: presidency, presidentship
noun
the chief executive of a republic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: head of state, chief of state
Narrower terms: ex-president, Finnbogadottir, Vigdis Finnbogadottir
noun
the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: President of the United States, United States President, Chief Executive
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Broader terms: head of state, chief of state
Narrower terms: Adams, John Adams, President Adams, President John Adams, John Quincy Adams, President John Quincy Adams, Arthur, Chester A. Arthur, Chester Alan Arthur, President Arthur, Buchanan, James Buchanan, President Buchanan, Bush, George Bush, George H.W. Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush, President Bush, George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President George W. Bush, Dubyuh, Dubya, Carter, Jimmy Carter, James Earl Carter, James Earl Carter Jr., President Carter, Cleveland, Grover Cleveland, Stephen Grover Cleveland, President Cleveland, Clinton, Bill Clinton, William Jefferson Clinton, President Clinton, Coolidge, Calvin Coolidge, President Coolidge, Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower, Ike, President Eisenhower, Fillmore, Millard Fillmore, President Fillmore, Ford, Gerald Ford, Gerald R. Ford, Gerald Rudolph Ford, President Ford, Garfield, James Garfield, James A. Garfield, James Abraham Garfield, President Garfield, Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant, Harding, Warren Harding, Warren Gamaliel Harding, President Harding, Harrison, William Henry Harrison, President Harrison, President William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, President Benjamin Harrison, Hayes, Rutherford B. Hayes, Rutherford Birchard Hayes, President Hayes, Hoover, Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, President Hoover, Jackson, Andrew Jackson, Old Hickory, Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson, President Jefferson, Johnson, Andrew Johnson, President Johnson, President Andrew Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, Lyndon Baines Johnson, LBJ, President Lyndon Johnson, Kennedy, Jack Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, JFK, President Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy, Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln, Madison, James Madison, President Madison, McKinley, William McKinley, President McKinley, Monroe, James Monroe, President Monroe, Nixon, Richard Nixon, Richard M. Nixon, Richard Milhous Nixon, President Nixon, Pierce, Franklin Pierce, President Pierce, Polk, James Polk, James K. Polk, James Knox Polk, President Polk, Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Ronald Wilson Reagan, President Reagan, Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, President Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, F. D. Roosevelt, President Franklin Roosevelt, FDR, Taft, William Howard Taft, President Taft, Taylor, Zachary Taylor, President Taylor, Truman, Harry Truman, Harry S Truman, President Truman, Tyler, John Tyler, President Tyler, Van Buren, Martin Van Buren, President Van Buren, Washington, George Washington, President Washington, Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, President Wilson
noun
an executive officer of a firm or corporation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: corporate executive, business executive
noun
the head administrative officer of a college or university
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Synonyms: prexy
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Broader terms: academic administrator
noun
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson
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Broader terms: presiding officer
Narrower terms: Kalon Tripa, vice chairman
History
From Old French president, from Latin praesidēns (“presiding over; president, leader”) (accusative: praesidentem). The Latin word is the substantivized present active participle of the verb praesideō (“preside over”). The verb is composed from prae (“before”) and sedeō (“sit”). The original meaning of the verb is 'to sit before' in the sense of presiding at a meeting. A secondary meaning of the verb is 'to command, to govern'. So praesidēns means 'the presiding one on a meeting' or 'governor, commander'.
From president.
Across languages
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