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What does "chair" mean?

Chair: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair.
  2. 3.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.
  3. 4.An iron blok 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.
  4. 5.To place in a chair.
  5. 6.To carry publicly in a chair in triumph. [Eng.]

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