chair seater en · NOUN
Etymology
From chair seat + -er.
Meanings
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(historical) Someone whose job it is to make seats for chairs.
Among the women, five were employed as 'chair seaters', although for them lacemaking was the prime occupation.
1976, Pamela Horn, Labouring Life in the Victorian Countryside, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan Ltd, →ISBN, page 107:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chair seaters | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| chairseater | alternative | lexicographic | |
| chair-seater | alternative | lexicographic |