Chair

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

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.].

•  A movable single seat with a back.  [1913 Webster]
•  An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself.  [1913 Webster]

  "The chair of a philosophical school."  [1913 Webster]

  "A chair of philology."  [1913 Webster]
•  The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair.  [1913 Webster]
•  A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

  "Think what an equipage thou hast in air,
  And view with scorn two pages and a chair."  [1913 Webster]
•  An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.  [1913 Webster]

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.

Chair, v. t. 

•  To place in a chair.  [1913 Webster]
•  To carry publicly in a chair in triumph.  [1913 Webster]
•  To function as chairperson of (a meeting, committee, etc.); as, he chaired the meeting.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Chair, n. & v.
--n.
1 a separate seat for one person, of various forms, usu. having a back and four legs.
2 a a professorship (offered the chair in physics). b a seat of authority, esp. on a board of directors. c a mayoralty.
3 a a chairperson. b the seat or office of a chairperson (will you take the chair?; I'm in the chair).
4 US = electric chair.
5 an iron or steel socket holding a railway rail in place.
6 hist. = sedan chair.
--v.tr.
1 act as chairperson of or preside over (a meeting).
2 Brit. carry (a person) aloft in a chair or in a sitting position, in triumph.
3 install in a chair, esp. as a position of authority.

Idiom

chair-bed a chair that unfolds into a bed. chair-borne colloq. (of an administrator) not active. chair-car a railway carriage with chairs instead of long seats; a parlour car. chair-lift a series of chairs on an endless cable for carrying passengers up and down a mountain etc. take a chair sit down.

Etymology

ME f. AF chaere, OF chaiere f. L cathedra f. Gk kathedra: see CATHEDRAL

THESAURUS

Chair

Eames chair, Hitchcock chair, TV chair, administer, administrate, anoint, armchair, armless chair, authority, ax, back seat, banquette, bar stool, barber chair, barrel chair, basket chair, batwing chair, be master, bed chair, beheading, bench, bicycle seat, block, boudoir chair, bow-back chair, bucket seat, burning, camp chair, campaign chair, capital punishment, captain, chair of English, chairman, club chair, club lounge chair, comb-back chair, command, contour chair, convener, cricket, cricket chair, cross, crown, crucifixion, curule chair, dais, death chair, death chamber, decapitation, decollation, defenestration, dining chair, direct, directorship, discipline, draft chair, drop, easy chair, elbowchair, electric chair, electrocution, enthrone, execution, fan-back chair, fauteuil, fellowship, fender stool, folding chair, foldstool, form, fusillade, gallows, gallows-tree, garden chair, garrote, gas chamber, gassing, gibbet, govern, guillotine, halter, hanging, hassock, head, helm, hemlock, hemp, hempen collar, high chair, horse, hot seat, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, invest, judicial murder, ladder-back chair, lapidation, lead, leader, lethal chamber, maiden, manage, milking stool, moderate, moderator, necktie party, noose, occupy the chair, officer, officiate, ottoman, oversee, overstuffed chair, pew, place, place in office, platform rocker, poisoning, position, preceptorship, preside, preside over, presiding officer, professorate, professorhood, professoriate, professorship, put in, readership, regulate, rocker, rocking chair, rope, run, saddle, scaffold, schoolmastery, seat, seat of power, seat of state, sedan chair, settle, shooting, speaker, stake, stand over, step stool, stoning, stool, strangling, strangulation, supervise, swing, taboret, teachership, the ax, the block, the chair, the gallows, the gas chamber, the guillotine, the hot seat, the rope, throne, tree, tutelage, tutorage, tutorship, wield authority, woolsack

ROGET THESAURUS

Chair

Direction

N direction, management, managery, government, gubernation, conduct, legislation, regulation, guidance, bossism, legislature, steerage, pilotage, reins, reins of government, helm, rudder, needle, compass, guiding star, load star, lode star, pole star, cynosure, supervision, superintendence, surveillance, oversight, eye of the master, control, charge, board of control, command, premiership, senatorship, director, chair, portfolio, statesmanship, statecraft, kingcraft, queencraft, ministry, ministration, administration, stewardship, proctorship, agency, director, directing, hegemonic, at the helm, at the head of, direction, bearing, course, vector, set, drift, tenor, tendency, incidence, bending, trending, dip, tack, aim, collimation, steering steerage, point of the compass, cardinal points, North East, South, West, N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE, rhumb, azimuth, line of collimation, line, path, road, range, quarter, line of march, alignment, allignment, air line, beeline, straight shoot, directed, directed towards, pointing towards, bound for, aligned, with alligned with, direct, straight, undeviating, unswerving, straightforward, North, Northern, Northerly, towards, on the road, on the high road to, en avant, versus, to, hither, thither, whither, directly, straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow, point blank, in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with, in a line with, full tilt at, as the crow flies, before the wind, near the wind, close to the wind, against the wind, windwards, in the wind's eye, through, via, by way of, in all directions, in all manner of ways, quaquaversum, from the four winds, the shortest distance between two points is a stra.

Director

N director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller, superintendent, supervisor, straw boss, intendant, overseer, overlooker, supercargo, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile, moderator, monitor, taskmaster, master, leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman, precentor, bellwether, agitator, caporal, choregus, collector, file leader, flugelman, linkboy, guiding star, adviser, guide, pilot, helmsman, steersman, steermate, wire-puller, driver, whip, Jehu, charioteer, coachman, carman, cabman, postilion, vetturino, muleteer, arriero, teamster, whipper in, head, head man, head center, boss, principal, president, speaker, chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, captain, superior, mayor, vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch, officer, functionary, minister, official, red-tapist, bureaucrat, man in office, Jack in office, office bearer, person in authority, statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician, statist, statemonger, Minos, Draco, arbiter, boss, political dictator, board, secretary, secretary of state, Reis Effendi, vicar, steward, factor, agent, bailiff, middleman, foreman, clerk of works, landreeve, factotum, major-domo, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier, proctor, procurator, ex officio.

Scepter

N scepter, regalia, caduceus, Mercury's rod, Mercury's staff, Mercury's wand, rod of empire, mace, fasces, wand, staff, staff of office, baton, truncheon, flag, ensign of authority, emblem of authority, badge of authority, insignia of authority, throne, chair, musnud, divan, dais, woolsack, toga, pall, mantle, robes of state, ermine, purple, crown, coronet, diadem, tiara, cap of maintenance, decoration, title, portfolio, key, signet, seals, talisman, helm, reins.

Support

N support, ground, foundation, base, basis, terra firma, bearing, fulcrum, bait, caudex crib, point d'appui, pou sto, purchase footing, hold, locus standi, landing place, landing stage, stage, platform, block, rest, resting place, groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention, floor, supporter, aid, prop, stand, anvil, fulciment, cue rest, jigger, monkey, stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage, sleeper, stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger, ratlings, staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle, bourdon, cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick, post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster, pediment, pedicle, pedestal, plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle, buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment, baluster, banister, stanchion, balustrade, headstone, upright, door post, jamb, door jamb, frame, framework, scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom, rung, round, step, sill, angle rafter, hip rafter, cantilever, modillion, crown post, king post, vertebra, columella, backbone, keystone, axle, axletree, axis, arch, mainstay, trunnion, pivot, rowlock, peg, tiebeam, thole pin, board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack, mantel, mantle piece, mantleshelf, slab, console, counter, dresser, flange, corbel, table, trestle, shoulder, perch, horse, easel, desk, clotheshorse, hatrack, retable, teapoy, seat, throne, dais, divan, musnud, chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall, arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair, couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench, aparejo, faldstool, horn, long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair, lamba chauki, lamba kursi, saddle, pannel, pillion, side saddle, pack saddle, pommel, bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead, four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang, bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse, pillow, bolster, mat, rug, cushion, footstool, hassock, tabouret, tripod, monopod, Atlas, Persides, Atlantes, Caryatides, Hercules, supporting, supported, fundamental, dorsigerous, astride on, straddle.

Celebration

VB celebrate keep, signalize, do honor to, commemorate, solemnize, hallow, mark with a red letter, pledge, drink to, toast, hob and nob, inaugurate, install, chair, rejoice, kill the fatted calf, hold jubilee, roast an ox.

School

N school, academy, university, alma mater, college, seminary, Lyceum, institute, institution, palaestra, Gymnasium, class, seminar, day school, boarding school, preparatory school, primary school, infant school, dame's school, grammar school, middle class school, Board school, denominational school, National school, British and Foreign school, collegiate school, art school, continuation school, convent school, County Council school, government school, grant-in-aid school, high school, higher grade school, military school, missionary school, naval school, naval academy, state-aided school, technical school, voluntary school, school, school of art, kindergarten, nursery, creche, reformatory, pulpit, lectern, soap box desk, reading desk, ambo, lecture room, theater, auditorium, amphitheater, forum, state, rostrum, platform, hustings, tribune, school book, horn book, text book, grammar, primer, abecedary, rudiments, manual, vade mecum, encyclopedia, cyclopedia, Lindley Murray, Cocker, dictionary, lexicon, professorship, lectureship, readership, fellowship, tutorship, chair, School Board Council of Education, Board of Education, Board of Studies, Prefect of Studies, Textbook Committee, propaganda, scholastic, academic, collegiate, educational, ex cathedra.