Definitions for chesterfields

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chesterfields ches·ter·field

Spelling: [ches-ter-feeld]

IPA: /ˈtʃɛs tərˌfild/

Chesterfields is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 1328 anagrams from letters in chesterfields (cdeeefhilrsst).

Definitions for chesterfields

noun

1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a single- or double-breasted topcoat or overcoat with a fly front and a narrow velvet collar.
2. a large, overstuffed sofa or divan with a back and upholstered arms.
3. Chiefly Canadian. any large sofa or couch.
4. Philip Dormer Stanhope [dawr-mer stan-uh p] /ˈdɔr mər ˈstæn əp/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1694–1773, British statesman and author.

Origin of chesterfields

First recorded in 1885-90; named after an Earl of Chesterfield in the 19th century

Examples for chesterfields

In the fashion of the age of chesterfield they portray the perfect gentleman.

With a strange gurgling in his throat, he collapsed on the chesterfield.

She dropped her arms and fell back upon the chesterfield, insensible.

I agree with chesterfield, who said that no gentleman should make that noise!

She moves to the chesterfield and leans against it, biting her nails.

He never can have read, no, he never can have been in a room with a volume of the divine chesterfield.

chesterfield pronounced it to be from the pen of Bolingbroke.

There was music in the magnificent parlor of a modern chesterfield.

Yvonne rose from the chesterfield and slowly walked back to the piano.

I turned about, and there stood my companion at chesterfield.