President ˈprezɪdənt Extra Examples Bank Noun Attended Funeral

• several presidents attended the funeral.
• the president of the united states
• president trump is due to visit the country next month.
• do you have any comment, mr president?

president

1. the leader of a republic, for example the US
• SEE ALSO vice-president (1)
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/vice-president#vicepresident_sng_1
• Several presidents attended the funeral.
• the President of the United States
• President Trump is due to visit the country next month.
• Do you have any comment, Mr President?
• France elected a new president in 2017.
• Ford became president following Nixon's resignation.
• She should run for president.
• former South African president, Nelson Mandela
• He was sworn in as President on August 31.

Extra Examples

• the president elect, Michael Roberts
• She is expected to have a meeting with the French president in Paris tomorrow.
• The new constitution provides for a directly elected president.
• The term of the outgoing president expires in March.
• There have been moves to impeach the president.
2. the person in charge of some organizations, clubs, colleges, etc.
• to be made president of the students’ union
• She travels extensively in her role as President of the World Wide Fund for Nature.

Extra Examples

• In 2007 Raymonds was appointed (as) president of PSWA.
• She is president of the Irish Olympic Council.
3. the person in charge of a bank or a commercial organization
• SEE ALSO vice-president (2)
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/vice-president#vicepresident_sng_2
• the bank president
• the president of Columbia Pictures

Extra Examples

• He was presented with an award by the local branch president.
• The figures were announced by the Central Bank president.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: via Old French from Latin praesident- ‘sitting before’, from praesidere ‘sit before’, from prae ‘before’ + sedere ‘sit’.