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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
President \Pres"i*dent\, noun Precedent. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
President \Pres"i*dent\, adjective Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding. [R.]
His angels president In every province. --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
President \Pres"i*dent\, noun [F. pr['e]sident, 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
president
noun
1: an executive officer of a firm or corporation
2: the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government; "the President likes to jog every morning" [syn: {President of the United States}, {United States President}, {Chief Executive}]
3: the chief executive of a republic
4: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson" [syn: {chairman}, {chairwoman}, {chair}, {chairperson}]
5: the head administrative officer of a college or university [syn: {prexy}]
6: the office of the United States head of state; "a President is elected every four years" [syn: {President of the United States}, {Chief Executive}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "president": academic dean, administration, administrator, archon, chancellor, chief executive, chief executive officer, chief of state, dean, dean of men, dean of women, dewan, doge, executive, executive director, executive officer, executive secretary, grand vizier, head of state, headmaster, headmistress, magistrate, management, managing director, master, officer, official, prefect, premier, prexy, prime minister, principal, provost, rector, secretary, the administration, treasurer, vice-chancellor, vice-president, warden
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
PRESIDENT, noun 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
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