'Chair' definitions:
Definition of 'chair'
From: WordNet
noun
A seat for one person, with a support for the back; "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down"
noun
The position of professor; "he was awarded an endowed chair in economics" [syn: professorship, chair]
noun
The officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson" [syn: president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson]
noun
An instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair" [syn: electric chair, chair, death chair, hot seat]
noun
A particular seat in an orchestra; "he is second chair violin"
verb
Act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years" [syn: chair, chairman]
verb
Definition of 'Chair'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Chair'
From: GCIDE
- Chair \Chair\ (ch[^a]r), 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A movable single seat with a back. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself. [1913 Webster]
- The chair of a philosophical school. --Whewell. [1913 Webster]
- A chair of philology. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Think what an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn two pages and a chair. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 5. An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'chair'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- administer,
- administrate,
- anoint,
- armchair,
- armless chair,
- authority,
- ax,
- back seat,
- banquette,
- bar stool,
- barber chair,
- barrel chair,
- basket chair,
- batwing chair,
- be master,
- bed chair,
- beheading,
- bench,
- bicycle seat,
- block,
- boudoir chair,
- bow-back chair,
- bucket seat,
- burning,
- camp chair,
- campaign chair,
- capital punishment,
- captain,
- chair of English,
- chairman,
- club chair,
- club lounge chair,
- comb-back chair,
- command,
- contour chair,
- convener,
- cricket,
- cricket chair,
- cross,
- crown,
- crucifixion,
- curule chair,
- dais,
- death chair,
- death chamber,
- decapitation,
- decollation,
- defenestration,
- dining chair,
- direct,
- directorship,
- discipline,
- draft chair,
- drop,
- Eames chair,
- easy chair,
- elbowchair,
- electric chair,
- electrocution,
- enthrone,
- execution,
- fan-back chair,
- fauteuil,
- fellowship,
- fender stool,
- folding chair,
- foldstool,
- form,
- fusillade,
- gallows,
- gallows-tree,
- garden chair,
- garrote,
- gas chamber,
- gassing,
- gibbet,
- govern,
- guillotine,
- halter,
- hanging,
- hassock,
- head,
- helm,
- hemlock,
- hemp,
- hempen collar,
- high chair,
- Hitchcock chair,
- horse,
- hot seat,
- inaugurate,
- induct,
- install,
- instate,
- invest,
- judicial murder,
- ladder-back chair,
- lapidation,
- lead,
- leader,
- lethal chamber,
- maiden,
- manage,
- milking stool,
- moderate,
- moderator,
- necktie party,
- noose,
- occupy the chair,
- officer,
- officiate,
- ottoman,
- oversee,
- overstuffed chair,
- pew,
- place,
- place in office,
- platform rocker,
- poisoning,
- position,
- preceptorship,
- preside,
- preside over,
- presiding officer,
- professorate,
- professorhood,
- professoriate,
- professorship,
- put in,
- readership,
- regulate,
- rocker,
- rocking chair,
- rope,
- run,
- saddle,
- scaffold,
- schoolmastery,
- seat,
- seat of power,
- seat of state,
- sedan chair,
- settle,
- shooting,
- speaker,
- stake,
- stand over,
- step stool,
- stoning,
- stool,
- strangling,
- strangulation,
- supervise,
- swing,
- taboret,
- teachership,
- the ax,
- the block,
- the chair,
- the gallows,
- the gas chamber,
- the guillotine,
- the hot seat,
- the rope,
- throne,
- tree,
- tutelage,
- tutorage,
- tutorship,
- TV chair,
- wield authority,
- woolsack
Words containing 'Chair'
- Chaired,
- Chairing,
- Bath chair,
- Camp chair,
- Cassiopeia's Chair,
- Chair days,
- Deck chair,
- Folding chair,
- Joint chair,
- Socialism of the chair,
- To put into the chair,
- To take the chair,
- Windsor chair,
- barber chair,
- beach chair,
- boatswain's chair,
- bosun's chair,
- captain's chair,
- chair car,
- chair lift,
- chair of state,
- death chair,
- eames chair,
- easy chair,
- electric chair,
- feeding chair,
- fighting chair,
- garden chair,
- high chair,
- lawn chair,
- lounge chair,
- morris chair,
- musical chairs,
- overstuffed chair,
- potty chair,
- reclining chair,
- rocking chair,
- sedan chair,
- side chair,
- steamer chair,
- straight chair,
- swivel chair,
- wing chair,
- yacht chair,
- Easy-chair,
- Morris-chair,
- Rocking-chair,
- ladder-back chair,
- tablet-armed chair