PRESIDENT
Pres"i*dent, n.
Defn: Precedent. [Obs.] Bacon.
PRESIDENT
Pres"i*dent, a.
Defn: Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding. [R.] His angels president In every province. Milton.
PRESIDENT Pres"i*dent, n. Etym: [F. président, L. praesidens, -entis, p. pr. of praesidere. See Preside.]
1. One who is elected or appointed to preside; a presiding officer, as of a legislative body. Specifically: (a) The chief officer of a corporation, company, institution, society, or the like. (b) The chief executive officer of the government in certain republics; as, the president of the United States.
2. A protector; a guardian; a presiding genius. [Obs.] Just Apollo, president of verse. Waller.
PRESIDENTIAL
Pres`i*den"tial, a.
1. Presiding or watching over. "Presidential angels." Glanvill.
2. Of or pertaining to a president; as, the presidential chair; a presidential election.