President

One placed in authority over others; a chief officer; a presiding or managing officer; a governor, ruler or director. The chairman, moderator, or presiding officer of a legislative or deliberative body, appointed to keep order, manage the proceedings, and govern the administrative details of their business. The chief officer of a corporation, company, board, committee, etc., generally having the main direction and administration of their concerns. Roe v. Bank of Versailles, 167 Mo. 406, 67 S. W. 303. The chief executive magistrate of a state or nation, particularly under a democratic form of government; or of a province, colony, or dependency.

In English law. A title formerly given to the king's lieutenant in a province; as the president of Wales. Cowell. This word is also an old though corrupted form of "precedent," (q. r.,) used both as a French and English word. Le president est rare. Dyer, 136.

— President of the council. In English law. A great officer of state ; a member of the cabinet. He attends on the sovereign, proposes business at the council-table, and reports to the sovereign the transactions there. 1 Bl. Comm. 230.

— President of the United States. The official title of the chief executive officer of the federal government in the United States.