chesterfield

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun suave and witty English statesman remembered mostly for letters to his son (1694-1773)
noun an overstuffed davenport with upright armrests
noun a fitted overcoat with a velvet collar

From Chesterfield. Named after Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773), who commissioned the first such couch.

--LORD CHESTERFIELD: Letters to his Son. — Paul Clifford — Complete, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
"Will somebody kindly page Lord Chesterfield?" — The Prairie Mother, Arthur Stringer
Taglionis, black or coloured, Chesterfield and velveteen! — The Book of Ballads: Eleventh Edition, 1870, Theodore, Sir Martin

Fourth Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope

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