CHAIR
\t͡ʃˈe͡ə], \tʃˈeə], \tʃ_ˈeə]\
Definitions of CHAIR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a seat for one person, with a support for the back; "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down"
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an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles a chair; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"
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the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson"
By Princeton University
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a seat for one person, with a support for the back; "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down"
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an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles a chair; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"
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the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A movable single seat with a back.
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An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself.
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The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair.
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A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig.
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An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.
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To place in a chair.
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To carry publicly in a chair in triumph.
By Oddity Software
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A movable single seat with a back.
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An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself.
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The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair.
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A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig.
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An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.
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To place in a chair.
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To carry publicly in a chair in triumph.
By Noah Webster.
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A movable seat with a back, for one person; a professorship; as, the chair of modern languages; the presiding officer of an assembly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A movable seat with four legs and a back; a seat of office, as of a moderator; a chairman.
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Railroad. An iron block for holding rails in place.
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A sedan.
By James Champlin Fernald
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