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chair

  [chair]
Use chair in a Sentence
–noun
1. a seat, esp. for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
2. something that serves as a chair or supports like a chair: The two men clasped hands to make a chair for their injured companion.
3. a seat of office or authority.
4. a position of authority, as of a judge, professor, etc.
5. the person occupying a seat of office, esp. the chairperson of a meeting: The speaker addressed the chair.
6. (in an orchestra) the position of a player, assigned by rank; desk: first clarinet chair.
7. the chair, Informal. electric chair.
8. chairlift.
9. sedan chair.
10. (in reinforced-concrete construction) a device for maintaining the position of reinforcing rods or strands during the pouring operation.
11. a glassmaker's bench having extended arms on which a blowpipe is rolled in shaping glass.
12. British Railroads. a metal block for supporting a rail and securing it to a crosstie or the like.
–verb (used with object)
13. to place or seat in a chair.
14. to install in office.
15. to preside over; act as chairperson of: to chair a committee.
16. British. to carry (a hero or victor) aloft in triumph.
–verb (used without object)
17. to preside over a meeting, committee, etc.
—Idioms
18. get the chair, to be sentenced to die in the electric chair.
19. take the chair,
a. to begin or open a meeting.
b. to preside at a meeting; act as chairperson.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME chaiere < OF < L cathedra; see cathedra

Related forms:
chairless, adjective

Usage note:
5. See chairperson.
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chair   (châr)   
n.  

  1. A piece of furniture consisting of a seat, legs, back, and often arms, designed to accommodate one person.

  2. A seat of office, authority, or dignity, such as that of a bishop.

    1. An office or position of authority, such as a professorship.

    2. A person who holds an office or a position of authority, such as one who presides over a meeting or administers a department of instruction at a college; a chairperson.

  4. The position of a player in an orchestra.

  5. Slang The electric chair.

  6. A seat carried about on poles; a sedan chair.

  7. Any of several devices that serve to support or secure, such as a metal block that supports and holds railroad track in position.

tr.v.   chaired, chair·ing, chairs

  1. To install in a position of authority, especially as a presiding officer.

  2. To preside over as chairperson: chair a meeting.


[Middle English chaiere, from Old French, from Latin cathedra; see cathedra.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

chair 
c.1225, from O.Fr. chaire, from L. cathedra "seat" (see cathedral). Figurative sense of "authority" was in M.E., of bishops and professors. Meaning "office of a professor" (1816) is extended from the seat from which a professor lectures (c.1449). Meaning "seat of a person presiding at meeting" is from 1647. Chairman is first attested 1654; chairwoman 1699; chairperson 1971.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

chair

see musical chairs.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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