Chair (academic department)
WordNet
noun
(1) The position of professor
"He was awarded an endowed chair in economics"
(2) A seat for one person, with a support for the back
"He put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down"
(3) An instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
"The murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"
(4) The officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
"Address your remarks to the chairperson"
verb
(5) Preside over
"John moderated the discussion"
(6) Act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
"She chaired the department for many years"
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Etymology
From < < , from + .
Noun
- An item of furniture used to sit on or in comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.
- All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.
- The electric chair.
- The court will show no mercy; if he gets convicted, it's the chair for him.
- The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
- My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops.
- Blocks that support and hold railroad track in position, and similar devices.
- Chairperson; a non-gender-specific form of chairman.
- Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions.
- One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
Verb
- To act as chairperson.
- Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting.
- To carry someone in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory
- 1896, A. E. Houseman, "To An Athlete Dying Young," in A Shropshire Lad,
- The time you won your town the race
- We chaired you through the marketplace.
- 1896, A. E. Houseman, "To An Athlete Dying Young," in A Shropshire Lad,