Thesaurus: chair

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1. n. A movable single seat with a back.
2. n. An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself.
3. n. The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair.
4. n. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig.
5. n. An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.
6. v. t. To place in a chair.
7. v. t. To carry publicly in a chair in triumph.
8. n. a seat for one person, with a support for the back
9. n. the position of professor
10. n. the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
11. n. an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
12. n. a particular seat in an orchestra