chair

Meanings

• a seat for one person, with a support for the back
  • "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down"
• the position of professor
  • "he was awarded an endowed chair in economics"
• the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
  • "address your remarks to the chairperson"
• an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
  • "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"
• a particular seat in an orchestra
  • "he is second chair violin"
• act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
  • "She chaired the department for many years"
• preside over

Synonyms

chairman, chairperson, chairwoman, death chair, electric chair, hot seat, lead, moderate, president, professorship