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"Chair" in Chinese : 椅子

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Pronunciation : Chair
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's chair, Gr. sit. See Sit, and cf. Cathedral, chaise.]
Definition : 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 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Chair
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To place in a chair.

2. To carry publicly in a chair in triumph. [Eng.]

t. [imp. & p. pr. Chaired; p. pr. & vb. n. Chairing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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