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noun
1.
a seat, especially 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, especially 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.
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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.
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verb (used without object)
Idioms 17.
to preside over a meeting, committee, etc.
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.
Related forms
chair·less, adjective
un·chair, verb (used with object)
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chair (tʃɛə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a seat with a back on which one person sits, typically having four legs and often having arms |
| 2. | an official position of authority: a chair on the board of directors |
| 3. | the person chairing a debate or meeting: the speaker addressed the chair |
| 4. | a professorship: the chair of German |
| 5. | railways an iron or steel cradle bolted to a sleeper in which the rail sits and is locked in position |
| 6. | short for sedan chair |
| 7. | in the chair chairing a debate or meeting |
| 8. | take the chair to preside as chairman for a meeting, etc |
| 9. | the chair an informal name for electric chair |
| —vb | |
| 10. | to preside over (a meeting) |
| 11. | (Brit) to carry aloft in a sitting position after a triumph or great achievement |
| 12. | to provide with a chair of office |
| 13. | to install in a chair |
| [C13: from Old French chaiere, from Latin cathedra, from Greek kathedra, from kata- down + hedra seat; compare | |
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Word Origin & History
chair
early 13c., 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 (mid-15c.). Meaning "seat of
a person presiding at meeting" is from 1640s. Chairman is first attested 1650s; chairwoman 1690s; chairperson 1971.
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