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president

noun
/ˈpɹɛz.ɪ.dənt/CA/ˈpɹez.ɪ.dənt/

Etymology

From Old French president, from Latin praesidēns (“presiding over; president, leader”) (accusative: praesidentem). The Latin word is the substantivized present active participle of the verb praesideō (“preside over”). The verb is composed from prae (“before”) and sedeō (“sit”). The original meaning of the verb is 'to sit before' in the sense of presiding at a meeting. A secondary meaning of the verb is 'to command, to govern'. So praesidēns means 'the presiding one on a meeting' or 'governor, commander'.

  1. derived from praesidēns
  2. derived from president

Definitions

  1. The head of state of a republic, sometimes also the head of government as well,…

    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 […]

  2. A person presiding over a corporation, usually an executive overseeing daily operations…

    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.

  3. A person presiding over a meeting.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. 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.

    2. Occupying the first rank or chief place

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

      • His angels president / In every province.

    3. To act as president

      To act as president; to do presidential duties.

    4. Obsolete form of precedent.

    5. An honorific for the head of state of a republic.

      • the President of the United States

    6. A surname.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at president. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at president. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at president

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA