Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chair"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chair \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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chair \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}.]
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 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. --Macaulay.
{To take the chair}, to assume the position of president, or
of chairman of a meeting.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chair
n 1: a seat for one person, with a support for the back
2: the position of professor [syn: {professorship}]
3: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
[syn: {president}, {chairman}, {chairwoman}, {chairperson}]
4: an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles a
chair [syn: {electric chair}, {death chair}, {hot seat}]
v 1: act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a
university; "She chaired the department for many years"
[syn: {chairman}]
2: preside over; "John moderated the discussion" [syn: {moderate},
{lead}]
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