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Definition chair in American English

chair noun

noun
/tʃer/
1

a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, with a back, legs, and sometimes two arms

Example

I had to sit on a hard wooden chair all day.

Synonyms and related words
arm armchair armrest
2

the person who is in charge of a meeting, committee, or company

Example

All questions must be addressed to the chair.

Example

He is the former chair of the Atomic Energy Commission.

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chair chairman chairperson
3

the position or job of being a senior professor in a university

Example

He held the Einstein Chair of Physics at Princeton for 30 years.

Synonyms and related words
academic assistant professor associate professor
Synonyms and related words
behead capital punishment the chair
Definition chair in American English