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chair

/tʃɛɹ/ · 5 letters · 5 distinct letters

  1. noun

    a seat for one person, with a support for the back

    he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down

  2. noun

    the position of professor

    he was awarded an endowed chair in economics

  3. noun

    the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

    address your remarks to the chairperson

  4. noun

    an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person

    the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair

  5. noun

    a particular seat in an orchestra

    he is second chair violin

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