chesterfield, 4th earl

noun

Philip Dor·mer Stan·hope

[dawr-mer stan-uh

p] , 4th Earl of, 1694–1773, British statesman and author.

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chesterfield (ˈtʃɛstəˌfiːld)

—n
1.	a man's knee-length overcoat, usually with a fly front to conceal the buttons and having a velvet collar
2.	a large tightly stuffed sofa, often upholstered in leather, with straight upholstered arms of the same height as the back

[C19: named after a 19th-century Earl of Chesterfield]

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Chesterfield¹ (ˈtʃɛstəˌfiːld)

—n
	an industrial town in N central England, in Derbyshire: famous 14th-century church with twisted spire. Pop: 70 260 (2001)

Chesterfield² (ˈtʃɛstəˌfiːld)

—n
	Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield. 1694--1773, English statesman and writer, noted for his elegance, suavity, and wit; author of Letters to His Son (1774)

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Chesterfield

Derbyshire town, O.E. Cesterfelda, lit. "open land near a Roman fort," from ceaster "fort" + feld "open land." The cigarette brand was named for Chesterfield County, Virginia, U.S.

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-Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, 4th Earl

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