Definition of armchair
: a chair with armrests
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In his profile photo, Nguyen sits like a king in an oversized wooden armchair.
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However misguided, Smith’s armchair psychology nevertheless summed up some section of the broader conversation around this generation’s best player.
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Over the years, his books, papers, and lectures turned generations into armchair cosmologists and transformed our understanding of the universe — especially with regard to the strange celestial objects known as black holes.
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Louis the 16th armchair, and a wonderful vintage yellow Baker desk with chinoiserie decoration.
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There’s nothing posh about Bill Clarke’s barely-there set; a grand piano, a chandelier, an armchair, an ottoman and a cartoonish revolving door.
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To the side of the main bar, a den-like room stocked with cozy armchairs and plenty of TVs offers a nice respite for sports fans.
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In the living room, the sofas, in a Rogers & Goffigon fabric, and armchair, in a Donghia cotton-linen, are all by George Smith; the custom cocktail table is by Commune Design.
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There's a reiki room, in which practitioners say the therapist channels energy into the patient by touch; private rooms for patients equipped with armchairs and a community room for group therapy sessions.
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First Known Use of armchair
1585
Definition of armchair
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: remote from direct dealing with problems : theoretical rather than practical
- armchair strategists
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: sharing vicariously in another's experiences
- an armchair traveler
Recent Examples of armchair from the Web
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In the Twitter world, armchair coaches were wondering why Steve Kerr didn’t do a mercy benching, allowing Curry to slip out the arena’s back door under disguise before the final buzzer.
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Wildlife officials, for some reason, are not relying on the armchair theories about the wolflike creature.
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Wildlife officials, for some reason, are not relying on the armchair theories about the wolflike creature.
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Wildlife officials, for some reason, are not relying on the armchair theories about the wolflike creature.
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Now, sometimes those types of problems can manifest themselves mechanically, or in pitch execution or selection, but my armchair diagnosis is that Duffy's biggest problem right now is himself.
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An armchair psychologist might find his motive more complex.
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The Washington players were stunned too, having come to an armchair consensus at their restaurant.
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And that includes the armchair observers such as myself.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'armchair.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of armchair
1809
ARMCHAIR Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of armchair for English Language Learners
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: a chair with supports for your arms
armchair
Definition of armchair for English Language Learners
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—used to describe people who like to read about or watch the dangerous or exciting activities of other people
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—used to describe people who like to give opinions about matters they do not have to deal with themselves and do not have responsibility for
ARMCHAIR Defined for Kids
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