chair

Noun

• a particular seat in an orchestra
  • he is second chair violin
    

• an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
  • the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair
    

• the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
  • address your remarks to the chairperson
    

• the position of professor
  • he was awarded an endowed chair in economics
    

• a seat for one person, with a support for the back
  • he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down
    

Verb

• preside over
  • John moderated the discussion
    

• act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
  • She chaired the department for many years
    

Related words

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