Chair - Definition

n 1: a seat for one person, with a support for the back; "he put
his coat over the back of the chair and sat down"
2: the position of professor; "he was awarded an endowed chair
in economics" [syn: professorship, chair]
3: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization;
"address your remarks to the chairperson" [syn: president,
chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson]
4: an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an
ordinary seat for one person; "the murderer was sentenced to
die in the chair" [syn: electric chair, chair, death
chair, hot seat]
5: a particular seat in an orchestra; "he is second chair
violin"
v 1: act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a
university; "She chaired the department for many years"
[syn: chair, chairman]
2: preside over; "John moderated the discussion" [syn:
moderate, chair, lead]