chair
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7.0
- noun
- /tʃɛr/
- Jargon
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primer atril
- I was just second chair for the prosecution.
- first chair
And I played first chair in the orchestra of my high school.
- And I played first chair in the orchestra of my high school.
- It's not unusual in a student setting to have competitions for the first chair.
Examples
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He's vice president of his class, first chair in the trumpet...
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Jackson, congratulations, you're fourth chair.
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You know everyone starts out in the first chair.
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I was moved up to third chair after our winter concert.
Blog text (10) -
And I played first chair in the orchestra of my high school.
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Is it really necessary to have everyone audition to be first chair, second chair, and so on?
Academic text (1994) -
You're in the first chair.
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And another thing, the first-chair player will perform a solo this year during the halftime show of the homecoming game.
Fiction book (2000) -
Matt introduced us to a pretty, birdlike woman named Melinda Dee, who, he added, was the third-chair violinist for the Tranquility Symphony.
Fiction book (1991) -
Arielle was first chair in the first violin section of our high school orchestra.
How Senior
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chair in an orchestra means a player's seat and rank in the group, so the 'first chair' is the top seat in that section. This use keeps the simple idea that a chair is both a place to sit and a sign of position.