chairmanager

English

Etymology

Blend of chairman +‎ manager

Noun

chairmanager (plural chairmanagers)

  1. (informal, soccer) A person who (temporarily) holds the position of both chairman and manager of a club
    • 2015 October 21, John Ashdown, “Football’s unbreakable records and the teams who can’t play each other”, in The Guardian‎:
      Notoriously, Barry Fry spent nine years from 1996 to 2005 as chairmanager of Peterborough United, presiding over one promotion and two relegations.
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