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Webster 1913 Edition
President
Pres′i-dent
,Noun.
Precedent.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
Pres′i-dent
,Adj.
Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.
[R.]
His angels
In every province.
president
In every province.
Milton.
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 States2.
A protector; a guardian; a presiding genius.
[Obs.]
Just Apollo,
president
of verse. Waller.
Webster 1828 Edition
President
PRES'IDENT
,Noun.
1.
An officer elected or appointed to preside over a corporation, company or assembly of men, to keep order, manage their concerns or govern their proceedings; as the president of a banking company; the president of a senate, &c.2.
An officer appointed or elected to govern a province or territory, or to administer the government of a nation. The president of the United States is the chief executive magistrate.3.
The chief officer of a college or university.4.
A tutelar power. Just Apollo, president of verse.
Vice-president, one who is second in authority to the president. The vice-president of the United States is president of the senate ex officio, and performs the duties of president when the latter is removed or disabled.