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Meaning
Noun
●
In Furniture:
An
item
of
furniture
used to
sit on
or in,
comprising
a
seat
,
legs
or
wheels
, back, and sometimes
arm
rests
, for use by one person. Compare
stool
,
couch
,
sofa
,
settee
,
loveseat
and bench.
●
Clipping of chairperson.
●
In Music:
The
seating
position
of a particular
musician
in an orchestra.
●
In Rail transportation:
An
iron
block
used on
railways
to support the
rails
and
secure
them to the
sleepers
, and
similar
devices.
●
In Chemistry:
One of two possible
conformers
of
cyclohexane
rings
(the other being
boat
),
shaped
roughly
like a chair.
●
Ellipsis of
electric chair
(“device used for
performing
execution”).
●
In Education:
A
distinguished
professorship
at a university.
●
A
vehicle
for one
person; either a
sedan
borne
upon
poles
, or a
two-wheeled
carriage
drawn
by one
horse
; a gig.
●
The
seat
or
office
of a person in
authority
, such as a
judge
or bishop.
Verb
●
To
act
as
chairperson
at; to
preside
over.
●
To
carry
in a
seated
position
upon
one's
shoulders
, especially in
celebration
or victory.
●
In British English, Welsh English & People:
To
award
a
chair
to (a
winning
poet
) at a Welsh eisteddfod.
Name
●
Chairperson.
●
The
ship
of
characters
Chuck Bass and Blair Waldorf of the Gossip Girl series.
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