Definition of president

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President (a.) Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.

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Federalist :: Federalist (n.) An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), a friend of the Constitution of the United States at its formation and adoption; a member of the political party which favored the administration of president Washington..
Elector :: Elector (n.) One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President..
Fill :: Fill (a.) To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair..
Inaugurate :: Inaugurate (v. t.) To introduce or induct into an office with suitable ceremonies or solemnities; to invest with power or authority in a formal manner; to install; as, to inaugurate a president; to inaugurate a king..
Levee :: Levee (n.) A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee..
Presidential :: Presidential (a.) Presiding or watching over.
Elect :: Elect (v. t.) To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor..
Septennate :: Septennate (n.) A period of seven years; as, the septennate during which the President of the French Republic holds office..
President :: President (n.) A protector; a guardian; a presiding genius.
Presidential :: Presidential (a.) Of or pertaining to a president; as, the presidential chair; a presidential election..
Executive :: Executive (n.) An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body..
Placitum :: Placitum (n.) A public court or assembly in the Middle Ages, over which the sovereign president when a consultation was held upon affairs of state..
Gift :: Gift (v. t.) The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the office is in the gift of the President..
Remove :: Remove (v. t.) To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters..
Territory :: Territory (n.) In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province..
Vice :: Vice (prep.) Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc..
Senate :: Senate (n.) In some American colleges, a council of elected students, presided over by the president of the college, to which are referred cases of discipline and matters of general concern affecting the students..
Presidentship :: Presidentship (n.) The office and dignity of president; presidency.
Veto :: Veto (n.) A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power..
Preside :: Preside (v. i.) To be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; to occupy the place of president, chairman, moderator, director, etc.; to direct, control, and regulate, as chief officer; as, to preside at a public meeting; to preside over the senate..
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