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chesterfield¹

Where it comes from

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

noun 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.
  2. California, Canada, dated Any couch or sofa.

Chesterfield²

proper noun

  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.
  13. A town in Essex County, New York.
  14. A township in Fulton County, Ohio.
  15. A town, the county seat of Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
  16. A census-designated place in Henderson County, Tennessee.
  17. A neighbourhood of West Valley City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
  18. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Chesterfield County

Chesterfield³

Where it comes from

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

noun 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sofa, sociable, canapé, cowch, couchette, cushion-cosy, chaire, couch, chayre, caffa, cacqueteuse, cornucopia sofa, cromwellian chair, cushion, cassapanca, chay

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"chesterfield." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chesterfield. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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chesterfield. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chesterfield

Chicago

"chesterfield." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chesterfield.

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@misc{chesterfield_2026,
  title = {chesterfield},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chesterfield},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}