chairborne

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adjective

Employed to work in an office, etc. and not out in the field; having a sedentary job.

OriginEnglish borne ← Middle English boren /iborne ← Old English (ġe)boren →
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Meanings

adjectivechairborne (not comparable)
  1. not comparableEmployed to work in an office, etc. and not out in the field; having a sedentary job.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sedentary

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  5. Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
  8. Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
  9. Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
  10. Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
  11. Latincathedra
  12. Old Frenchchaiere
  13. Middle Englishchayere
  14. Englishchair
  15. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  17. Proto-Germanic*beraną
  18. Proto-West Germanic*beran
  19. Old Englishberan
  20. Old English(ġe)boren
  21. Middle Englishboren /iborne
  22. Englishborne
  23. Englishchairborne

From chair + borne, perhaps a pun on airborne, in reference to those in the military who do not fly aircraft.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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