chairmanlike
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]chairmanlike (comparative more chairmanlike, superlative most chairmanlike)
- Resembling or characteristic of a chairman.
- 2009 March 11, Brooks Barnes, “William Morris and Endeavor Explore a Merger”, in New York Times[1]:
- Agents at both companies have been eager to hear details of a governance plan that many believe would put Mr. Wiatt in a chairmanlike position, leaving Mr. Emanuel, perhaps still without a title, with operating control of a company that presumably would have far fewer than the 1,000 or so employees currently working for the two combined.