chesterfield
/tʃˈɛstɚfˌild/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.11 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A couch, sofa, or love seat with padded arms and back of the same height, often curved outward at the top.
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Example Sentences
- "Around the table in the bay window, the slim, japanned dining chairs. The chesterfield suite, antimacassar-draped."
- "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.""
Etymology
From Chesterfield. Named after Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773), who commissioned the first such couch.