chair

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A chair (item of furniture).

From Middle French chaire < Latin cathedra (“‘seat’”) < Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathedra), from κατά (kata), “‘down’”) + ἕδρα (hedra), “‘seat’”).

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Singular
chair

Plural
chairs

chair (plural chairs)

  1. 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.
    All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.
  2. (slang, with "the") The electric chair.
    The court will show no mercy; if he gets convicted, it's the chair for him.
  3. The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
    My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops.
  4. (rail transport) Blocks that support and hold railroad track in position, and similar devices.
  5. Chairperson; a non-gender-specific form of chairman.
    Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions.
  6. (chemistry) One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.

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Terms derived from "chair"

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furniture
chairperson
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Infinitive
to chair

Third person singular
chairs

Simple past
chaired

Past participle
chaired

Present participle
chairing

to chair (third-person singular simple present chairs, present participle chairing, simple past and past participle chaired)

  1. To act as chairperson.
    Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting.
  2. To carry someone in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory
    • 1896, A. E. Houseman, "To An Athlete Dying Young," in A Shropshire Lad,
      The time you won your town the race
      We chaired you through the marketplace.

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to act as chairperson

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Latin carō.

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chair f. (plural chairs)

  1. flesh
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