CHAIR

chair. Chair, n. a moveable seat, a sedan

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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.]] 1. 1. A movable single seat with a back.
2. 2. An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself.
The chair of a philosophical school. Whewell. A chair of philology. M. Arnold. 3. 3. The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair.
4. 4. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig. Shak.
Think what an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn two pages and a chair. Pope. 5. 5. An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.
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.