chairlady

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noun

chairwoman

OriginEnglish lady ← Middle English lady ← Old English hlǣfdīġe →
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Meanings

nounchairlady (plural chairladies)

plural chairladies

  1. datedchairwoman

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*kʷel-der.?
  16. Proto-Germanic*hlaibaz
  17. Proto-West Germanic*hlaib
  18. Old Englishhlāf
  19. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
  20. Proto-Germanic*daigijǭ
  21. Old Englishdǣġe
  22. Old Englishhlǣfdīġe
  23. Middle Englishlady
  24. Englishlady
  25. Englishchairlady

From chair + lady.

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APA

chairlady. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chairlady

MLA

“chairlady.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chairlady. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chairlady,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chairlady.

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