GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 2 definitions

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   Chair , n. [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's chair, Gr.  down +  seat,  to sit, akin to E. sit. See Sit, and cf. Cathedral, chaise.]
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   A movable single seat with a back.
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   An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself.
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   The chair of a philosophical school.
   Whewell.
   
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   A chair of philology.
   M. Arnold.
   
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   The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair.
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   A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig.
   Shak.
   
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   Think what an equipage thou hast in air,
   And view with scorn two pages and a chair.
   Pope.
   
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   An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.
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   Chair days, days of repose and age. -- To put into the chair, to elect as president, or as chairman of a meeting. Macaulay. -- To take the chair, to assume the position of president, or of chairman of a meeting.
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   Chair, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chaired ; p. pr. & vb. n. Chairing.]
   To place in a chair.
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   To carry publicly in a chair in triumph. [Eng.]
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   To function as chairperson of (a meeting, committee, etc.); as, he chaired the meeting.
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