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   chair

   /tʃɛː/

   noun

   • 1. a separate seat for one person, typically with a back and four legs. Similar seat
   • ▪ short for electric chair
   • 2. the person in charge of a meeting or of an organization (used as a neutral alternative to chairman or chairwoman): "she's the chair of a research committee" Similar chairpersonchairmanchairwomanpresidentconvenerspokespersonspokesmanspokeswomanleaderMCmaster/mistress of ceremoniesshop stewardfather/mother of the chapel
   • ▪ the post of a chairperson: "he was due to step down after a three-year stint in the chair" Similar chairpersonchairmanchairwomanpresidentconvenerspokespersonspokesmanspokeswomanleaderMCmaster/mistress of ceremoniesshop stewardfather/mother of the chapel
   • 3. a professorship: "he held a chair in physics" Similar professorship
   • 4. a metal socket holding a rail in place on a railway sleeper. British

   verb

   • 1. act as chairperson of or preside over (an organization, meeting, or public event): "the debate was chaired by the Archbishop of York"
   • 2. carry (someone) aloft in a chair or in a sitting position to celebrate a victory: British "no one seemed anxious to chair him round the hall"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French chaiere (modern chaire ‘bishop's throne, etc.’, chaise ‘chair’), from Latin cathedra ‘seat’, from Greek kathedra. Compare with cathedral.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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