Chair /(châr)/

Chair

n.
  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.
    A chair of philology.
  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.
    Think what an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn two pages and a chair.
  5. An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.

Phrases & Compounds
Chair days
days of repose and age.
To put into the chair
to elect as president, or as chairman of a meeting.
To take the chair
to assume the position of president, or of chairman of a meeting.

Chair

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Chaired; p. pr. & vb. n. Chairing

  1. To place in a chair.
  2. To carry publicly in a chair in triumph. [Eng.]
  3. To function as chairperson of (a meeting, committee, etc.); as, he chaired the meeting.