Bible Dictionaries
Fauteuil

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) An armchair; hence (because the members sit in fauteuils or armchairs), membership in the French Academy.

(2):

(n.) Chair of a presiding officer.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fauteuil'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/fauteuil.html. 1828.