0 a woman in charge of a meeting or organization
1 a woman in charge of a meeting, organization, or department; a chairperson
2 a woman who is in charge of a meeting, committee, or organization:
Ruth was sent for and questioned by Miss Mackenzie, our chairwoman.
She turned from her responsive audience to the chairwoman, who handed her a yellow envelope.
When they were all seated round the table Miss Mackenzie, who was chairwoman, took out the agenda and read its contents aloud.
Although she was only part of the team, her name was on the parcels, being the chairwoman of the organisation.
They were wonderful women, and the chairwoman told me again and again that she would never go into an institution.
It is crucial that five persons should be represented in it: the chairman/chairwoman and the representatives of the four institutions involved.
