Chair word meaning and definition

[noun] the position of professor; "he was awarded an endowed chair in economics"
[noun] a seat for one person, with a support for the back; "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down"
[noun] an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles a chair; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"
[noun] the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson"
[verb] preside over; "John moderated the discussion"
[verb] act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years"

\Chair\, n. [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's chair, Gr. ? down + ? seat, ? to sit, akin to E. sit. See {Sit}, and cf. {Cathedral}, {chaise}.] 1. A movable single seat with a back. 2. An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself. The chair of a philosophical school. --Whewell. A chair of philology. --M. Arnold. 3. The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair. 4. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig. --Shak. Think what an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn two pages and a chair. --Pope. 5. An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers. {Chair days}, days of repose and age. {To put into the chair}, to elect as president, or as chairman of a meeting. --Macaulay. {To take the chair}, to assume the position of president, or of chairman of a meeting.
\Chair\, v. t. [imp. & p. pr. {Chaired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chairing}.] 1. To place in a chair. 2. To carry publicly in a chair in triumph. [Eng.]

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