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Chair   /tʃɛr/   Listen
noun
Chair  n.  
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." "A chair of philology."
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. "Think what an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn two pages and a chair."
5.
An iron block 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..
To take the chair, to assume the position of president, or of chairman of a meeting.



verb
Chair  v. t.  (past & past part. chaired; pres. part. chairing)  
1.
To place in a chair.
2.
To carry publicly in a chair in triumph. (Eng.)
3.
To function as chairperson of (a meeting, committee, etc.); as, he chaired the meeting.






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"Chair" Quotes from Famous Books



... was shaking of hands, and doffing of cocked hats, and calling for wine, and pipes, and coffee, in the Alhambra-like hall, where a table covered with papers tied with red tape, in front of a homely leathern chair, looked more homelike than suitable. Other chairs there were for Frank guests, who preferred them to the divan and piles of cushions on which the Moors ...
— A Modern Telemachus • Charlotte M. Yonge

... sounded from the bell in the church tower, dinner was on the table at Mrs. Hawkins's boarding house. By five minutes past twelve there were fourteen seated at the table, with one vacant chair. Professor Strout sat at the head of the table. At his left was Abner Stiles, while Robert Wood sat next to Stiles. The vacant seat was at the Professor's right hand, and all eyes were turned toward it, for all had ...
— Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks - A Picture of New England Home Life • Charles Felton Pidgin

... himself on the arm of a leather chair, and, with calculated deliberation, produced his cigarette-case, selected a cigarette, returned his cigarette-case to his pocket, took out his matchbox, struck a match, and ...
— The Lady Paramount • Henry Harland

... orange-velvet gipsy costume and a diamond hoop in her hair, was lying in an arm-chair, her head thrown back. The squire dropped into another ...
— Selected Polish Tales • Various

... From Shelley he went to his boat, and said he hoped to have some pleasant excursions with Laura and myself. He "would go at once and talk with Laura's mother about them." I watched him through the door, while he spoke to her. She was in a low chair, and he leaned his face on one hand close to hers. I saw that his natural expression was one of tranquillity and courage. He was not more than twenty-two, but the firmness of the lines about ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 31, May, 1860 • Various


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