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presidente

Definitions of presidente
  1. noun
    the office of the United States head of state
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    type of:
    presidencia
    the office and function of president
  2. noun
    the chief executive of a republic
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    types:
    ex presidente
    a former president
    type of:
    jefe de estado, mandatario
    the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government
  3. noun
    the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government
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    examples:
    Ulysses Grant
    18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
    Abraham Lincoln
    16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
    Theodore Roosevelt
    26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt
    32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)
    George Washington
    1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
    type of:
    jefe de estado, mandatario
    the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government
  4. noun
    an executive officer of a firm or corporation
    synonyms: director
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    type of:
    director de empresa
    an executive in a business corporation
  5. noun
    the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
    synonyms: moderador, presidenta
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    types:
    vicepresidente
    one ranking below or serving in the place of a chairman
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