(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:37:01

Fau`teuil" (?), n. [F. See Faldistory.]

1.

An armchair; hence (because the members sit in fauteuils or armchairs), membership in the French Academy.

2.

Chair of a presiding officer.

 

© Webster 1913.

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