chair
noun [C] (TITLE) /tʃeər/
/tʃer/ Definition
› (the official position of) a person in charge of a meeting or organization, or a position in an official group, or the person in charge of or having an important position in a college or university department: All questions should be addressed to the chair.University and college education
(Definition of chair noun (TITLE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse related topics
You are looking at an entry to do with University & college education, but you might be interested in these topics from the Education topic area:
Browse the Dictionary
Browse the Thesaurus
More Results for “chair”
SMART Thesaurus
Synonyms and related words:
- academe noun
- academia noun
- academic noun
- campus noun
- collegiate adjective
- community college noun
- dean noun (LEADER)
- graduate noun
- graduate verb (QUALIFY)
- hall of residence noun
- honour noun (REWARD)
- junior college noun
- matriculate verb
- red-brick adjective
- registrar noun (RECORD KEEPER)
- semester noun
- sorority noun
- student union noun
- teacher-training college noun
- trimester noun
Word of the Day
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
