president

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   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.

   • The vast majority of presidents have been male.
   • […] to change the pattern of the last 220 years of only voting for a white male president, and elect a woman president […]
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   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.

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   A person presiding over a meeting.

   • The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the Preside
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   A person presiding over a dinner or similar informal conversation.

   • At another dinner, the president, on the removal of the cloth, rose and said... We will conduct weself in sich a manner, dat massa will neber be sorry for what him do dis night.

syn. prex · prexy · prez · provost · prepositus

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   Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.archaicnot-comparable

   • His angels president / In every province.

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   To act as president; to do presidential duties.

   • Although in other ways you couldn’t imagine two more dissimilar men, [Scott Wiener's] ferociously active spirit resembles the Bolshevik antsiness of Donald Trump. The current president is attractive to some voters who might not agree with h

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   Obsolete form of precedent.alt-ofobsolete

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