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Chair (châr), n. [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's chair, Gr. &unr_; down + &unr_; seat, &unr_; to sit, akin to E. sit. See Sit, and cf. Cathedral, chaise.]
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1. A movable single seat with a back.
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2. 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 chair of a philosophical school. Whewell.
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A chair of philology. M. Arnold.
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3. The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair.
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4. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig. Shak.
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Think what an equipage thou hast in air,
And view with scorn two pages and a chair. Pope.
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5. An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.
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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.
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Chair, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chaired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chairing.] 1. To place in a chair.
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2. To carry publicly in a chair in triumph. [Eng.]
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3. To function as chairperson of (a meeting, committee, etc.); as, he chaired the meeting.
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