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Webster 1913 Edition
President
Pres′i-dent
,Noun.
Precedent.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
Pres′i-dent
,Adj.
Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.
[R.]
His angels
In every province.
president
In every province.
Milton.
1.
One who is elected or appointed to preside; a presiding officer, as of a legislative body.
Specifically: (a)
The chief officer of a corporation, company, institution, society, or the like.
(b)
The chief executive officer of the government in certain republics;
as, the
. president
of the United States2.
A protector; a guardian; a presiding genius.
[Obs.]
Just Apollo,
president
of verse. Waller.
Webster 1828 Edition
President
PRES'IDENT
,Noun.
1.
An officer elected or appointed to preside over a corporation, company or assembly of men, to keep order, manage their concerns or govern their proceedings; as the president of a banking company; the president of a senate, &c.2.
An officer appointed or elected to govern a province or territory, or to administer the government of a nation. The president of the United States is the chief executive magistrate.3.
The chief officer of a college or university.4.
A tutelar power. Just Apollo, president of verse.
Vice-president, one who is second in authority to the president. The vice-president of the United States is president of the senate ex officio, and performs the duties of president when the latter is removed or disabled.
Definition 2024
président
président
French
Alternative forms
- præsident (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁe.zi.dɑ̃/
Noun
président m (plural présidents, feminine présidente)
- president
- Voici le nouveau président de l'association.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inflection of the regular verb présider (“to preside”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁe.zid/
Verb
président
- third-person plural present indicative of présider
- third-person plural present subjunctive of présider