PRES'IDENT, noun [Latin proesidens.] 1. An officer elected or appointed to preside over a corporation, company or assembly of men, to keep order, manage their concerns or govern their proceedings; as the president of a banking company; the president of a senate, etc. 2. An officer appointed or elected to govern a province or territory, or to administer the government of a nation. The president of the United States is the chief executive magistrate. 3. The chief officer of a college or university. 4. A tutelar power. Just Apollo, president of verse. Vice-president, one who is second in authority to the president The vice-president of the United States is president of the senate ex officio, and performs the duties of president when the latter is removed or disabled.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI