Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A chair used in the electrocution of a prisoner sentenced to death by law.
- n. Execution by means of electrocution.
- n. The sentence of death by electrocution.
Wiktionary
- n. A device used for performing execution by electrocution.
- n. An electrically powered wheelchair
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a device used for execution of criminals, consisting of a specially designed chair in which the victim is killed by passing a large current of electricity through the body. This method of killing is called electrocution.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
Examples
“I had the feeling that we were going to get to Mr. Karps office and there would be an electric chair in there.”
“He did an exaggerated quivering, stiff-limbed impression of an electric chair victim.”
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