vice-chairman

vice-chairman
/vuys"chair"meuhn/, n., pl. vice-chairmen.
a member of a committee, board, group, etc., designated as immediately subordinate to a chairman and serving as such in the latter's absence; a person who acts for and assists a chairman.
[1855-60]

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