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21chair — chairless, adj. /chair/, n. 1. a seat, esp. for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms. 2. something that serves as a chair or supports like a chair: The two men clasped hands… …
22sedan — noun /səˈdæn/ a) an enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair b) The most common… …
23sedan — /si dan /, n. 1. an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full width seats. 2. See sedan chair. [1625 35; of obscure orig.] * * * ▪ France town, Ardennes département, Champagne Ardenne… …
24chair — n. & v. n. 1 a separate seat for one person, of various forms, usu. having a back and four legs. 2 a a professorship (offered the chair in physics). b a seat of authority, esp. on a board of directors. c a mayoralty. 3 a a chairperson. b the seat …
25chair — /tʃɛə / (say chair) noun 1. a seat with a back and legs or other support, often with arms, usually for one person. 2. any thing resembling a chair in appearance or use. 3. a seat of office or authority. 4. the position of a judge, chairperson,… …
26sedan — se·dan || sɪ dæn n. closed passenger car carrying four or more passengers in a single compartment; portable covered chair carried by two people, sedan chair …
27sedan — [sɪ dan] noun 1》 (also sedan chair) an enclosed chair for conveying one person, carried between horizontal poles by two porters, common in the 17th and 18th centuries. 2》 chiefly N. Amer. a car for four or more people. Origin perh. an alt. of an… …
28sedan — n. 1 (in full sedan chair) an enclosed chair for conveying one person, carried between horizontal poles by two porters, common in the 17th 18th c. 2 US an enclosed motor car for four or more people. Etymology: perh. alt. f. It. dial., ult. f. L… …
29chair — I. noun Etymology: Middle English chaiere, from Anglo French, from Latin cathedra, from Greek kathedra, from kata cata + hedra seat more at sit Date: 13th century 1. a. a seat typically having four legs and a back for one person b. electric chair …
30chair — [[t]tʃɛər[/t]] n. 1) fur a seat, esp. for one person having four legs for support, a rest for the back, and often rests for the arms 2) a seat of office or authority 3) a position of authority, as of a judge or professor 4) the person occupying a …
