Windsor Definition–noun | 1. | (since 1917) a member of the present British royal family. Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def. 1). | | 3. | Wallis Warfield, Duchess of (Bessie Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson ), 1896–1986, U.S. socialite: wife of Edward VIII of England, who abdicated the throne to marry her. | | 4. | Official name, Windsor and Maidenhead. a city in E Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames: the site of the residence (Windsor Castle) of English sovereigns since William the Conqueror. 134,700. | | 5. | a city in S Ontario, in SE Canada, opposite Detroit, Michigan. 196,526. | | 6. | a town in N central Connecticut. 25,204. | |
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Chair Definition–noun | 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 to make a chair for their injured companion. | | 3. | a seat of office or authority. | | 4. | a position of authority, as of a judge, professor, etc. | | 5. | the person occupying a seat of office, esp. the chairperson of a meeting: The speaker addressed the chair. | | 6. | (in an orchestra) the position of a player, assigned by rank; desk: first clarinet chair. | | 10. | (in reinforced-concrete construction) a device for maintaining the position of reinforcing rods or strands during the pouring operation. | | 11. | a glassmaker's bench having extended arms on which a blowpipe is rolled in shaping glass. | | 12. | British Railroads. a metal block for supporting a rail and securing it to a crosstie or the like. | –verb (used with object) | 13. | to place or seat in a chair. | | 14. | to install in office. | | 15. | to preside over; act as chairperson of: to chair a commi
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ttee. | | 16. | British. to carry (a hero or victor) aloft in triumph. | –verb (used without object) | 17. | to preside over a meeting, committee, etc. | —Idioms | 18. | get the chair, to be sentenced to die in the electric chair. | | 19. | take the chair, | a. | to begin or open a meeting. | | b. | to preside at a meeting; act as chairperson. | | |
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