chesterfield

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Definition of chesterfield

21 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A couch, sofa, or love seat with padded arms and back of the same height, often curved outward at the top.
    “Around the table in the bay window, the slim, japanned dining chairs. The chesterfield suite, antimacassar-draped.”
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noun

  1. A couch, sofa, or love seat with padded arms and back of the same height, often curved outward at the top.
    “Around the table in the bay window, the slim, japanned dining chairs. The chesterfield suite, antimacassar-draped.”
  2. (California, Canada, dated)Any couch or sofa.
  3. (dated)An extremely polite person.
    “The White House attendants are Chesterfields of politeness, and the visitor must be aggressive and persistent indeed who is not kept within proper limits without having his sensibilities wounded.”
    “"The man-eatin' Papuans had me once, but they are Chesterfields compared to this crowd."”

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Etymology

From Chesterfield. Named after Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773), who commissioned the first such couch.

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