Chairmanship

Origin

chairman + -ship

Full definition of chairmanship

Noun

1. The office, or the term of a chairman.
• 1999 John Gunn - Contested Skies: Trans-Australian AirlinesNixon proposed the establishment of an Aviation Industry Consultative Council under the chairmanship of the permanent head of his department ...
• 1891 Hansard's Parliamentary DebatesAfterwards, Sir Eardly Wilmot had been appointed, from whom, on account of his long chairmanship of quarter-sessions, much had reasonably been expected.