chair
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3.1
- noun
- /tʃɛr/
:
presidente
- David D. Hale is an economist and Chair of Hale Advisers LLC.
- department chair
- vice chair
- committee chair
And you and your wise chair have seen many battles.
- And you and your wise chair have seen many battles.
- At the moment, she is the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
- Jen O'Malley Dillon, his campaign chair right after the debate.
- The president of Senegal, Maggie Saw, is also now the chair of the African Union.
- He gets Julia in another classroom with the chair of the, of the of the math department.
- But conditions remain challenging as Bernanke's term as chair drew to a close.
- And former chair of the Black Panther Party.
Examples
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And he is the first chair of the Joint Army Navy Board.
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I'm also the program chair of RPI's master's degree in HCI.
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So my department, you know, like a committee chair is very powerful.
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Jan is the Language Arts chair at Grant School and a leader in the school.
Academic text (2015) -
O'Brien was the chair of the Democratic Party.
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For example, the immediate past president is the chair of the nominating committee.
Academic text (2008) -
So I am Dave Harrington, chair of the statistics department.
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Author Biography: Sarah J. Bartolome is Chair of the Council for General Music.
Academic text (2015) -
Next up, Angela McArdle, chair of Libertarian Party of Los Angeles.
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As the chair of the committee, she organized the agenda for the upcoming meeting.
Synonyms
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2.2
A person who is in charge of a group or organization
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2.5
A person who leads meetings of an organization or committee
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3.9
A person who leads a discussion to keep it fair
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3.2
A woman who leads a meeting, committee, or organization
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3.5
A person who leads a meeting, committee, or organization
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6.1
A person who leads a meeting and makes sure it runs correctly
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7.3
A person who leads a meeting, ceremony, or event
Idioms
- Informal
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6.4
To react strongly because something is very funny or surprising
Compounds
- NSFW
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5.3
A chair used to put a person to death by sending electricity through their body
- UK
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1.6
A folding outdoor chair with a wooden frame and a cloth seat used for sitting in the sun
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1.9
A large adjustable chair with headrest and footrest used in a barbershop for haircuts and shaves
- Specialized
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3.2
A chair in a dentist's office that tilts and holds a patient during treatment
- Baby Talk
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2.1
A small seat a child sits on to pee or poo when learning to use the toilet
- Specialized
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7.5
A strong fixed chair on a fishing boat that holds a person while they fight large fish
- Offensive
A chair with wheels and a cover that a helper pushes to carry sick people at resorts
- Specialized
A strong seat hung by ropes to hold a person working high on a ship
- Specialized
A seat hung from ropes that holds a person while they work high above, for example on a ship
- Indian
A part of a train with comfortable individual seats for daytime travel that costs extra
- Formal
A special decorated chair used in ceremonies for a ruler or other important person
How Authoritative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chair meaning the person who leads a meeting comes from the idea of a special 'seat' of authority where the leader sat; over time the word came to mean the person in that seat. That's why the chair is the one in charge at meetings.