Chair

verb

tʃɜr

Noun

the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
“address your remarks to the chairperson”
Similar:Chairman ChairpersonChairwomanPresident
an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
“the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair”
the position of professor
“he was awarded an endowed chair in economics”
Similar:Professorship
Type of:PlaceOfficeBillet
a particular seat in an orchestra
“he is second chair violin”
Type of:Seat
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
“he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down”
Type of:Seat

act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
“She chaired the department for many years”
Similar:Chairman
Type of:LeadHead
preside over
Similar:Lead Moderate
Type of:Discuss