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- (sometimes initial capital letter) a single- or double-breasted topcoat or overcoat with a fly front and a narrow velvet collar.
- a large, overstuffed sofa or divan with a back and upholstered arms.
- Chiefly Canadian. any large sofa or couch.
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- Philip Dor·mer Stan·hope [dawr-mer stan–uh p] /ˈdɔr mər ˈstæn əp/, 4th Earl of,1694–1773, British statesman and author.
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- a man’s knee-length overcoat, usually with a fly front to conceal the buttons and having a velvet collar
- a large tightly stuffed sofa, often upholstered in leather, with straight upholstered arms of the same height as the back
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- an industrial town in N central England, in Derbyshire: famous 14th-century church with twisted spire. Pop: 70 260 (2001)
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- 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)
Derbyshire town, Old English Cesterfelda, literally “open land near a Roman fort,” from ceaster “fort” (see Chester) + feld “open land” (see field (n.)). The cigarette brand was named for Chesterfield County, Virginia, U.S. As a kind of overcoat and a kind of sofa (both 19c.), the name comes from earls of Chesterfield. Philip Stanhope, the fourth Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773) was the writer on manners and etiquette.