Convener or Convenor is a Scots, and Scottish English, gender-neutral word that approximates chairman. Scots (or Lallans, meaning Lowlands), often Lowland Scots to distinguish it from the Gaelic of the Highlands, is a language used in Scotland, as well as parts of Northern Ireland and border areas of the Republic of Ireland, where it is known in official circles as Ulster Scots or Ullans... Diagram showing the geographical locations of selected languages and dialects of the British Isles. ... Non-sexist language (gender-generic, gender-inclusive, gender-neutral, or sex-neutral language) is language that attempts to refer neither to males nor females when discussing an abstract or hypothetical person whose sex cannot otherwise be determined, as opposed to sexist language, which attempts to refer to males. ... A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ...
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