Home › Words › C › chesterfieldchesterfieldchesterfield · noun — A couch, sofa, or love seat with padded arms and back of the same height, often curved outward at the top.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom Chesterfield. Named after Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773), who commissioned the first such couch.nounA couch, sofa, or love seat with padded arms and back of the same height, often curved outward at the top.e.g.“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:Any couch or sofa.An extremely polite person.e.g.“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:nameAny of a number of settlements:; A market town and borough in Derbyshire, England.Any of a number of settlements:; A hamlet in Wall parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1005)Any of a number of settlements:; A rural municipality in west Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261.Any of a number of settlements:; A number of places in the United States:; A village in the town of Montville, New London County, Connecticut.Any of a number of settlements:; A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town and historic district in Caribou County, Idaho.Any of a number of settlements:; A number of places in the United States:; A village and township in Macoupin County, Illinois.Any of a number of settlements:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Union Township, Madison County and Salem Township, Delaware County, Indiana.Any of a number of settlements:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.Any of a number of settlements:; A number of places in the United States:; A township and unincorporated community therein, in Macomb County, Michigan.Any of a number of settlements:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in St. Louis County, Missouri.Any of a number of settlements:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.Any of a number of settlements:; A number of places in the United States:; A township and unincorporated community therein, in Burlington County, New Jersey.Any of a number of settlements:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Essex County, New York.Any of a number of settlements:; A number of places in the United States:; A township in Fulton County, Ohio.Any of a number of settlements:; A number of places in the United States:; A town, the county seat of Chesterfield County, South Carolina.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.couch 68% match — An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa. vs chesterfield →chesterfieldian 64% match — Someone who acts in a sophisticated, aristocratic manner, reminiscent of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield. vs chesterfield →davenport 62% match — A large sofa, especially a formal one. vs chesterfield →ottoman 61% match — An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc. vs chesterfield →couchside 61% match — The space beside a couch. vs chesterfield →couchlike 60% match — Resembling or characteristic of a couch. vs chesterfield →couchette 59% match — A couch. vs chesterfield →recamier 59% match — An old-fashioned couch with headrest and footrest. vs chesterfield →