the chair
Committee's top seat
The chair refers to the person presiding over a meeting, committee, or organization—short for chairman or chairperson: The chair recognized the senator from Ohio.
To chair is to preside: She chaired the committee for three years.
The chair may also mean the electric chair, used for execution: He got the chair.
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- presidencyChief executive's office
- stoolBackless sitting furniture
- moderatorOne who presates proceedings
- hot seatPosition under heavy scrutiny
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- executionexecution, lethal injection, firing squad, gas chamber, hanging
leadership role
the chairbackbencher
Rank-and-file parliamentarian
attendee · participant · follower · observer · delegate
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