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president

noun masculinesubstantiv hankjønn

president · chair, presiding officer

EtymologyOpphav

gjennom fransk, fra latin; beslektet med presidereto preside, to chair through French, from Latin; related to presidereto preside, to chair

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. statsoverhode i en republikka republic the head of state in a republicrepublikk
    • landet valgte ny president+ the country elected a new president
  2. leder for en forsamling, en organisasjon eller lignende;
    jamfør stortingspresidentthe President of the Storting, the Speaker of the Norwegian parliament
    the head of an assembly, an organisation or the like;
    compare stortingspresidentthe President of the Storting, the Speaker of the Norwegian parliament
    • presidenten ga ordet til neste taler+ the president gave the floor to the next speaker
    • president i idrettsforbundet+ president of the sports federation