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CHAIR
professorship, chair
(noun) the position of professor; “he was awarded an endowed chair in economics”
chair
(noun) a seat for one person, with a support for the back; “he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down”
chair
(noun) a particular seat in an orchestra; “he is second chair violin”
president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson
(noun) the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; “address your remarks to the chairperson”
moderate, chair, lead
(verb) preside over; “John moderated the discussion”
chair, chairman
(verb) act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; “She chaired the department for many years”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
chair (plural chairs)
An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.
Clipping of chairperson.
(music) The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
(rail transport) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices.
(chemistry) One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
(slang, with the) Ellipsis of electric chair.
A distinguished professorship at a university.
A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.
The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.
Verb
chair (third-person singular simple present chairs, present participle chairing, simple past and past participle chaired)
(transitive) To act as chairperson at; to preside over.
(transitive) To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.
(transitive, Wales, UK) To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.
Anagrams
• Archi, Chira, archi-
Etymology
Proper noun
Chair
(fandom slang) The ship of characters Chuck Bass and Blair Waldorf of the Gossip Girl series.
Anagrams
• Archi, Chira, archi-
Source: Wiktionary
Chair, n. Etym: [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's chair, Gr. sit. See Sit, and cf. Cathedral, chaise.]
1. A movable single seat with a back.
2. An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself. The chair of a philosophical school. Whewell. A chair of philology. M. Arnold.
3. The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair.
4. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two- wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig. Shak. Think what an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn two pages and a chair. Pope.
5. An iron blok used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers. 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.
Chair, v. t. [imp. & p. pr. Chaired; p. pr. & vb. n. Chairing.]
1. To place in a chair.
2. To carry publicly in a chair in triumph. [Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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