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chesterfield

chesterfield noun: a couch, sofa, or love seat with padded arms and back of the same height, often curved outward at the top.

chesterfield: a couch, sofa, or love seat with padded arms and back of the same height, often curved outward at...
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Noun (1)

chesterfield (plural chesterfields)

  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.1998, Derek Beaven, chapter 9, in Acts of Mutiny, London: Fourth Estate, →ISBN, part 1 (Motion), page 34
  2. (California, Canada, dated) Any couch or sofa.

Proper noun capitalized: Chesterfield

Chesterfield

  1. A market town and borough in Derbyshire, England.
  2. A hamlet in Wall parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1005)
  3. A rural municipality in west Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261.
  4. A village in the town of Montville, New London County, Connecticut.
  5. A ghost town and historic district in Caribou County, Idaho.
  6. A village and township in Macoupin County, Illinois.
  7. A town in Union Township, Madison County and Salem Township, Delaware County, Indiana.
  8. A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  9. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Macomb County, Michigan.
  10. A city in St. Louis County, Missouri.
  11. A town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
  12. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Burlington County, New Jersey.
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  1. A town in Essex County, New York.
  2. A township in Fulton County, Ohio.
  3. A town, the county seat of Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
  4. A census-designated place in Henderson County, Tennessee.
  5. A neighbourhood of West Valley City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
  6. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Chesterfield County.

Noun (2) capitalized: Chesterfield

Chesterfield (plural Chesterfields)

  1. (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.1901, Mrs. John A. Logan, Thirty Years in Washington, page 141
    • "The man-eatin' Papuans had me once, but they are Chesterfields compared to this crowd."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

chesterfield meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

chesterfield in Hindi

चेस्टरफील्ड, चेस्टरफ़ील्ड

chesterfield in Tamil

செஸ்டர்ஃபீல்ட், செஸ்டர்ஃபீல்டு, செஸ்டெர்ஃபீல்ட்

chesterfield in Marathi

चेस्टरफिल्ड, चेस्टरफील्ड

chesterfield in Urdu

چیسٹرفیلڈ
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chesterfield in Bengali
চেস্টারফিল্ড, চিস্টারফিল্ড
chesterfield in Telugu
చెస్టర్ఫీల్డ్
chesterfield in Malayalam
ചെസ്റ്റർഫീൽഡ്
chesterfield in Kannada
ಚೆಸ್ಟರ್ಫೀಲ್ಡ್
chesterfield in Punjabi
ਚੈਸਟਰਫੀਲਡ, ਚੇਸਟਰਫੀਲਡ, ਚੀਸਟਰਫੀਲਡ
chesterfield in Gujarati
ચેસ્ટરફિલ્ડ, ચેસ્ટરફીલ્ડ
chesterfield in Odia
ଚେଷ୍ଟରଫିଲ୍ଡ, ଚିଷ୍ଟରଫିଲ୍ଡ
chesterfield in Nepali
चेस्टरफिल्ड, चेस्टरफील्ड, चिस्टरफिल्ड

Forms of chesterfield

pluralchesterfields
pluralChesterfields

Plural of chesterfield: chesterfields

Origin of chesterfield

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

In reference to Lord Chesterfield, author of Principles of Politeness and of Knowing the World, 1786.

Words formed from chesterfield

Phrases with chesterfield

Questions about chesterfield

What does chesterfield mean?
Chesterfield means a couch, sofa, or love seat with padded arms and back of the same height, often curved outward at the top.
What is chesterfield in Hindi?
Chesterfield in Hindi is चेस्टरफील्ड, चेस्टरफ़ील्ड. See Chesterfield meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is chesterfield?
Chesterfield can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of chesterfield?
The plural of chesterfield is chesterfields.

Words near chesterfield in the dictionary

  1. Chester Hill
  2. Chester the molester
  3. Chester White
  4. Chester-le-Street
  5. Chesterbelloc
  6. chesterfield
  7. Chesterfield bed
  8. Chesterfield beds
  9. Chesterfield County
  10. Chesterfield Court House
  11. Chesterfield Inlet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chesterfield (page history and authors); Chesterfield (page history and authors); chesterfield (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chesterfield (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chesterfield (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chesterfield (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chesterfield (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chesterfield (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chesterfield (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chesterfield (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chesterfield (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chesterfield (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chesterfield (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chesterfield (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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