noun

1. a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, having a back and, usually, four legs
2. a seat of authority or dignity
3. the position of a player in an instrumental section of a symphony orchestra
4. an important or official position, as a professorship or chairmanship
5. a person who presides over a meeting; chairman address your remarks to the chair
6. sedan chair
7. ☆ electric chair

Etymology: ME & OFr chaire < L cathedra: see cathedra

transitive verb

1. to place in a chair; seat
2. to place in authority
3. to preside over as chairman
4. Brit. to carry (a person) aloft in public triumph on, or as though on, a chair