director's chair

American  

noun

1. a lightweight folding armchair with transversely crossed legs and having a canvas seat and back panel, as traditionally used by motion-picture directors.

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director's chair British  

noun

1. a light wooden folding chair with arm rests and a canvas seat and back

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Etymology

Origin of director's chair

First recorded in 1950–55

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Example Sentences

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director's chair

A sleek modernist home with a single white director’s chair sits in the background with two slender palm trees rising into the light blue sky behind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

But you don’t have to play every role yourself—take the director’s chair, define the scenes, and choose your cast from the parts of yourself that serve the story you truly want to tell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

Perhaps she'll return to the director's chair in 2025?

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024

Yet in “Final Cut,” Bach isn’t simply falling on his sword, nor is Cimino simply a dictator in the director’s chair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

He, Skid, and Aaron had pitched in and gotten me a director’s chair with my name on it.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

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