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1.nounAn item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench."All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair."
2.nounThe seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra."My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops."
3.nounAn iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices.
4.nounOne of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
5.nounA distinguished professorship at a university.
6.nounA vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.
7.nounThe seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.
8.verbTo act as chairperson at; to preside over."Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting."
9.verbTo carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.
10.verbTo award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod."The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod."
11.nounA chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.
12.nounA chair-like device used for performing execution by electrocution.
13.nounAn electrically powered wheelchair.
14.nounA transitional hold in which an attacking wrestler hoists an opponent up onto his/her shoulders so that they are both facing in the same direction.