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name
Any of a number of settlements:
A market town and borough in Derbyshire, England.
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name
Any of a number of settlements:
A hamlet in Wall parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1005)
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name
Any of a number of settlements:
A rural municipality in west Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261.
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name
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.
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Any of a number of settlements:
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town and historic district in Caribou County, Idaho.
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name
Any of a number of settlements:
A number of places in the United States:
A village and township in Macoupin County, Illinois.
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name
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.
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Any of a number of settlements:
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
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Any of a number of settlements:
A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Macomb County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city in St. Louis County, Missouri.
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name
Any of a number of settlements:
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
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name
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.
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name
Any of a number of settlements:
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Essex County, New York.
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name
Any of a number of settlements:
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Fulton County, Ohio.
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name
Any of a number of settlements:
A number of places in the United States:
A town, the county seat of Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
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Any of a number of settlements:
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Henderson County, Tennessee.
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name
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A neighbourhood of West Valley City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
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name
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Ellipsis of Chesterfield County.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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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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noun
Any couch or sofa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: California, Canada, dated
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noun
An extremely polite person.
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Usage: dated
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noun
a fitted overcoat with a velvet collar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: greatcoat, overcoat, topcoat
noun
an overstuffed davenport with upright armrests
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Broader terms: davenport
noun
suave and witty English statesman remembered mostly for letters to his son (1694-1773)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Fourth Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope
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Broader terms: statesman, solon, national leader
History
From Chesterfield. Named after Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773), who commissioned the first such couch.
In reference to Lord Chesterfield, author of Principles of Politeness and of Knowing the World, 1786.
