| 单词 | support the chair |
| 释义 | > as lemmassupport the chair b. Often put for the occupant of the chair, the chairman, as invested with its dignity (as the throne is for the sovereign), e.g. in the cry Chair! Chair! when the authority of the chairman is appealed to, or not duly regarded; to address the chair, support the chair, etc. Now also used as a gender-neutral alternative to ‘chairman’ or ‘chairwoman’. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > president or chairperson of presidenta1382 prolocutor1570 moderator1573 spokesman1607 committee chair1643 chairman1654 referendary1655 speaker1656 chair1659 convener1681 chairperson1971 society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over a body of persons or their meetings > chairman chairman1654 chair1659 society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over a body of persons or their meetings > chairperson chairperson1971 chair1976 1659 T. Burton Diary 23 Mar. (1828) IV. 243 The Chair behaves himself like a Busby amongst so many school-boys..and takes a little too much on him. 1676–7 N. Grew Solution of Salts i. §1 (Read bef. Royal Soc.) It was referred to Me by this Honourable Chair, to examine and produce the Experiment. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) i. 4 Cries of ‘Order,’ ‘Chair,’ ‘Yes,’ ‘No,’ ‘Go on.’ 1860 All Year Round 10 Mar. 475 An amiable discussion between the ‘chair’ and an..obstinate person at the other end of the room. 1887 Times 5 Sept. 9/2 It can hardly be conceived that the Chair would fail to gain the support of the House. 1976 C. Miller & K. Swift Words & Women (1977) v. 76 Seventeen members of the university's Department of Linguistics, including the department's distinguished chair, Calvert Watkins, had written a letter to the Crimson on the subject of the students' action. 1982 J. A. Sharwood in Occas. Papers Univ. Sydney Austral. Lang. Res. Centre xx. 29 The chairman of directors of each packing company is called the chair. 1984 New Yorker 13 Aug. 37/1 Martha Layne Collins..is to serve as chair of the Convention. 1986 Tribune 12 Sept. 7/1 She has annoyed the Black Sections by refusing to resign as chair of the party black advisory committee. < as lemmas |
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