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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. | ||||||||||
3. | The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; | ||||||||||
4. | A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig. | ||||||||||
5. | An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.
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v. t. | 1. | To place in a chair. | |||||||||
2. | To carry publicly in a chair in triumph. | ||||||||||
3. | To function as chairperson of (a meeting, committee, etc.); |
Noun | 1. | chair - a seat for one person, with a support for the back; "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down" |
2. | chair - the position of professor; "he was awarded an endowed chair in economics" Synonyms: professorship | |
3. | chair - the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson" | |
4. | chair - an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles a chair; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair" | |
Verb | 1. | chair - act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years" Synonyms: chairman |
2. | chair - preside over; "John moderated the discussion" |