chair
noun
[ tʃɛː ]
• a separate seat for one person, typically with a back and four legs.
• the person in charge of a meeting or of an organization (used as a neutral alternative to chairman or chairwoman).
• "she's the chair of a research committee"
Similar:
chairperson,
chairman,
chairwoman,
president,
convener,
spokesperson,
spokesman,
spokeswoman,
leader,
MC,
master/mistress of ceremonies,
shop steward,
father/mother of the chapel,
• a professorship.
• "he held a chair in physics"
• a metal socket holding a rail in place on a railway sleeper.
chair
verb
• act as chairperson of or preside over (an organization, meeting, or public event).
• "the debate was chaired by the Archbishop of York"
Similar:
preside over,
take the chair of,
be in the chair at,
officiate at,
moderate,
lead,
direct,
conduct,
run,
manage,
control,
be in charge of,
be in control of,
have control of,
supervise,
superintend,
oversee,
guide,
• carry (someone) aloft in a chair or in a sitting position to celebrate a victory.
• "no one seemed anxious to chair him round the hall"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French chaiere (modern chaire ‘bishop's throne, etc.’, chaise ‘chair’), from Latin cathedra ‘seat’, from Greek kathedra . Compare with cathedral.
