- presidencia roque sáenz peña,
- president pro tempore,
- presidente prudente,
- presidential government
Origin of president
Examples from the Web for president
Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.
He sees himself as the first Muslim president of all Europe.
By 2012, Democratic President Barack Obama owned the Asian-American vote, winning it by 47 percentage points.
While Huckabee is thinking about his run for president, I thought it was time to think about Huckabee.
On Tuesday, President Obama will meet with Enrique Peña Nieto, the President of Mexico.Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
When a senator assumes to speak for the President, every senator possesses a public right to demand his authority for so doing.Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2)|Thomas Hart Benton
In fact, she had a little curiosity to see the man whose name was in the newspapers more prominently than that of the President.The Golden House|Charles Dudley Warner
The greatest obstacle to their success at present is the President of the United States.
President Wilson, who used occasionally to spend his vacation in the Lake region, was one of his friends.The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I|Burton J. Hendrick
Having done so, I was walking towards the further end of the room, when the President accosted me.The Kidnapped President|Guy Boothby
Word Origin for president
late 14c., "appointed governor of a province; chosen leader of a body of persons," from Old French president and directly from Latin praesidentum (nominative praesidens) "president, governor," noun use of present participle of praesidere "to act as head or chief" (see preside).
In Middle English of heads of religious houses, hospitals, colleges and universities. First use for "chief executive officer of a republic" is in U.S. Constitution (1787), from earlier American use for "officer in charge of the Continental Congress" (1774), a sense derived from that of "chosen head of a meeting or group of persons," which is from Middle English. It had been used of chief officers of banks from 1781, of individual colonies since 1608 (originally Virginia) and heads of colleges since mid-15c. Slang shortening prez is recorded from 1883. Fem. form presidentess is attested from 1763.