Definition of Presedent
Pres"i*dent (?), n.
Precedent. [Obs.] Bacon.
Pres"i*dent, a. Occupying the first
rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.
[R.]
His angels president
In every province. Milton.
Pres"i*dent, n. [F.
président, L. praesidens, -entis, p. pr.
of praesidere. See Preside.] 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 States.
2. A protector; a guardian; a presiding
genius. [Obs.]
Just Apollo, president of verse.
Waller.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom --
and of whom only -- it is positively known that immense numbers of
their countrymen did not want any of them for President.
If that's an honor surely 'tis a greater
To have been a simple and undamned spectator.
Behold in me a man of mark and note
Whom no elector e'er denied a vote! --
An undiscredited, unhooted gent
Who might, for all we know, be President
By acclimation. Cheer, ye varlets, cheer --
I'm passing with a wide and open ear!
Jonathan Fomry
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- The head of state of a republic, a representative democracy and sometimes (in cases of constitutional violations) a dictatorship.
- The primary leader of a corporation. Not to be confused with CEO, which is a related but separate position that is sometimes held by a different person.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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