: an armchair with a saddle seat and a low curved back with vertical spindles
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Dive shop owner Bill Cole leaned back in his captain's chair, raised the volume on the Margaritaville radio station and watched six trails of bubbles trickle up through clear blue water.—Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026 Infiniti models with captain's chairs have a removable center console between them.—Scotty Reiss, Parents, 24 Feb. 2026 Aurora seems to know that the deck is stacked against a company that puts sustainability rather than profitability in the captain's chair.—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025 Muppet Pike declares from his captain's chair...only no one is around to adhere to his direction.—EW.com, 26 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for captain's chair