n 1: a seat for one person, with a support for the back
2: the position of professor [syn: professorship]
3: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
[syn: president, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson]
4: an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles a
chair [syn: electric chair, death chair, hot seat]
v 1: act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a
university; "She chaired the department for many years"
[syn: chairman]
2: preside over; "John moderated the discussion" [syn: moderate, lead]