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Meaning:

Noun:

  • An 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.
  • Chairperson; a non-gender-specific form of chairman.
  • chemistry One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
  • rail transport Blocks that support and hold railroad track in position, and similar devices.
  • with "the" The electric chair.
  • The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.

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Verb:

  • To act as chairperson.
  • To carry someone in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory

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