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chairborne

chairborne adjective: employed to work in an office, etc. and not out in the field; having a sedentary job.

Adjective

chairborne (not comparable)

  1. Employed to work in an office, etc. and not out in the field; having a sedentary job.

Origin of chairborne

From chair + borne, perhaps a pun on airborne, in reference to those in the military who do not fly aircraft.

Questions about chairborne

What does chairborne mean?
Chairborne means employed to work in an office, etc. and not out in the field; having a sedentary job.
What part of speech is chairborne?
Chairborne is an adjective.

Words near chairborne in the dictionary

  1. chair-seaters
  2. chairback
  3. chairbacks
  4. chairbed
  5. chairbeds
  6. chairborne
  7. chairbound
  8. Chairboy
  9. Chairboys
  10. chaircover
  11. chaircovers

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