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arm·chair

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–noun

1.	a chair with sidepieces or arms to support a person's forearms or elbows.

–adjective

2.	theorizing without the benefit of practical experience: an armchair football coach.

3.	participating or experiencing indirectly or vicariously: an armchair traveler.

[Origin: 1625–35; arm¹ + chair

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arm·chair Audio Help   (ärm'châr') Pronunciation Key
n.   A chair with side structures to support the arms or elbows.

adj.   Remote from active involvement: armchair warriors in the Pentagon; an armchair traveler.

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armchair
noun
chair with a support on each side for arms

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ˈarmchair noun

a chair with arms at each side

Arabic:	كُرسي ذو ذِراعَيْن
Chinese (Simplified):	扶手椅
Chinese (Traditional):	扶手椅
Czech:	křeslo
Danish:	lænestol
Dutch:	leunstoel
Estonian:	tugitool
Finnish:	nojatuoli
French:	fauteuil
German:	der Lehnstuhl
Greek:	πολυθρόνα
Hungarian:	karosszék
Icelandic:	hægindastóll
Indonesian:	kursi berlengan
Italian:	poltrona

Japanese:	ひじ掛け椅子
Korean:	팔걸이 의자
Latvian:	atzveltnes krēsls
Lithuanian:	krėslas, fotelis
Norwegian:	lenestol
Polish:	fotel
Portuguese (Brazil):	poltrona
Portuguese (Portugal):	cadeira de braços
Romanian:	fotoliu
Russian:	кресло
Slovak:	kreslo
Slovenian:	naslanjač
Spanish:	sillón, butaca
Swedish:	fåtölj
Turkish:	koltuk, pazıbent