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See also: president and président

English

Etymology

From president.

Noun

President (plural Presidents)

  1. An honorific for the head of state of a republic.
    the President of the United States
    • 1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point‎, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 39:
      I was not just the President of Southern Americans or white Americans. I was the President of all Americans. I believed that a huge injustice had been perpetrated for hundreds of years on every black man, woman, and child in the United States. I did not think that our nation could endure much longer as a viable democracy if that injustice were allowed to continue.
    • 1993 July, Charles R. Morris, “It's Not the Economy, Stupid”, in The Atlantic‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 November 2025:
      Bill Clinton was elected on an untenable premise: that it is the job of the President to manage the economy. Yes, that is what we have come to expect of Presidents; but this expectation, the author argues, is punishingly at variance with anything any President can credibly deliver[.]
    • 2023 June 9, Jamie Gangel, Zachary Cohen and Elizabeth Stuart, “National Archives refutes claims Trump had two years to go through presidential records in rare public statement”, in CNN‎:
      In the past, this has been true for Presidents who notified NARA before leaving office that they intended to build a presidential library – something Trump did not do.
    • 2025 February 12, Kaitlan Collins and Kevin Liptak, “After Putin call, Trump says negotiations to end Ukraine war will start ‘immediately’”, in CNN‎:
      “We agreed to work together, very closely, including visiting each other’s Nations. We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Zelenskyy, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation, something which I will be doing right now,” Trump wrote.

Usage notes

  • Used for anyone who has had the office of head of state, even if not currently in office.

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