cochair

[ koh-chair ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to chair along with another person or persons.

noun

1. a cochairperson.

Gender Note

Is it cochair, cochairman, cochairwoman, or cochairperson? See chairperson.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cochair¹

First recorded in 1965–70: co- + chair (verb)

Example Sentences

That undertaking, the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, or LSST, will revolutionize our understanding of how the early solar system evolved, says Schwamb, a cochair of the LSST Solar System Science Collaboration.

From Science News

From 2014 to 2017, I was cochair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board.

From MIT Technology Review

Alison Bateman-House is an assistant professor at the division and a cochair of CUPA.

From MIT Technology Review