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.
All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.
Clipping of chairperson.
Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions.
The post or position of chairperson.
The meeting began, with Mr Roberts in the chair.
To act as chairperson at; to preside over.
Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting.
To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.
Chairperson.
Please address all questions through the Chair.
The ship of characters Chuck Bass and Blair Waldorf of the Gossip Girl series.
His skill renders Becker's portrayal of Prince Grimaldi, a lover and future husband, futile in the wake of Chair (Chuck and Blair).
From Middle English chayer, chaire, chaiere, chaere, chayre, chayere, from Old French chaiere, chaere, from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕ...
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The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the marketplace.
To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.
The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod.