bedchair

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noun

A chair with adjustable back to enable an invalid to sit up in bed.

OriginEnglish chair ← Middle English chayere ← Old French chaiere →
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Meanings

nounbedchair (plural bedchairs)

plural bedchairs · alternative bed-chair

  1. A chair with adjustable back to enable an invalid to sit up in bed.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*badją
  2. Proto-West Germanic*badi
  3. Old Englishbedd
  4. Middle Englishbed
  5. Englishbed
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  9. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  10. Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
  13. Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
  14. Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
  15. Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
  16. Latincathedra
  17. Old Frenchchaiere
  18. Middle Englishchayere
  19. Englishchair
  20. Englishbedchair

From bed + chair.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

bardichebracheid
Cite this entry
APA

bedchair. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedchair

MLA

“bedchair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedchair. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bedchair,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedchair.

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