Chair" : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Chair	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Chair
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chair n a seat for one person, with a support for the back; "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down" the position of professor; "he was awarded an endowed chair in economics" Synonym(s): professorship, chair the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson" Synonym(s): president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair" Synonym(s): electric chair, chair, death chair, hot seat a particular seat in an orchestra; "he is second chair violin" v act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years" Synonym(s): chair, chairman preside over; "John moderated the discussion" Synonym(s): moderate, chair, lead
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 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.]