director's chair
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di·rec·tor's chair
(dĭ-rĕk′tərz, dī-)n.
A light folding armchair having a plastic, wooden, or metal frame and a back and seat usually made of canvas.
[From its use by motion picture directors on the set.]
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director's chair
n
(Furniture) a light wooden folding chair with arm rests and a canvas seat and back
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direc′tor's chair`
n.
a lightweight folding armchair with transversely crossed legs and a canvas seat and back panel traditionally used by motion-picture directors.
[1950–55]
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Translations
director’s chair
n (Film) → Regiestuhl m
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