Main entry: professorship, chair
Definition: the position of professor
Usage: he was awarded an endowed chair in economics
Main entry: chair
Definition: a seat for one person, with a support for the back
Usage: he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down
Main entry: chair
Definition: a particular seat in an orchestra
Usage: he is second chair violin
Main entry: electric chair, death chair, chair, hot seat
Definition: an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
Usage: the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair
Main entry: president, chair, chairman, chairperson, chairwoman
Definition: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
Usage: address your remarks to the chairperson
Main entry: lead, moderate, chair
Definition: preside over
Usage: John moderated the discussion
Definition: act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
Usage: She chaired the department for many years