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chesterfield definition

ches·ter·field (c̸hes′tər fēld′)

noun

  1. a single-breasted topcoat, usually with a fly front and a velvet collar
    1. a kind of sofa, heavily stuffed and with upright ends
    2. Cdn. any sofa

Etymology: after a 19th-c. Earl of Chesterfield

Chesterfield definition

Ches·ter·field (-fēld′)

Chesterfield, 4th Earl of (Philip Dormer Stanhope) 1694-1773; Eng. statesman & writer on manners

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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