Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of north-central England south of Sheffield.
- English politician and writer best known for Letters to His Son (1774), which portrays the ideal 18th-century gentleman.
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- proper noun A
market town inDerbyshire , England - proper noun any of a number of other settlements
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Examples
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Many believe the term Chesterfield originally referred to the style of buttoning of the leather, shape of the sofa back, and even the height of the seat.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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Many believe the term Chesterfield originally referred to the style of buttoning of the leather, shape of the sofa back, and even the height of the seat.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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The Missouri finance division also closed WestBridge Bank & Trust Co. in Chesterfield, and the FDIC arranged for Midland States Bank in Effingham, Ill., to assume its $72.5 million in deposits.
Three Banks Fail, 2010 Total Now 132 Randall Smith 2010
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Born in Chesterfield, Connecticut, he found himself typecast after the Kotter series ended.
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Her best hope was for the conservative Rs in Chesterfield to pick one of their own as the GOP nominee.
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As a teacher in Chesterfield County, I witnesses a pretty impressive vocational program.
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Brown Jr., who supervised female inmates at Pocahontas Correctional Center in Chesterfield County, was sentenced to six months after fathering the child of inmate Sheron M. Montrey.
Female Prison Staff Offenders in Two-thirds of Sexual Assaults | Impact Lab 2006
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And with my parents, sister and brother-in-law all living in Chesterfield Co and me using 288 reasonably frequently, I call horsepuckey.
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Even to those of us who live elsewhere in the East Midlands, the area to the north of Nottingham and the east of Chesterfield is a non-descript one that we imagine to have always been industrialised.
Archive 2005-05-01 2005
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Even to those of us who live elsewhere in the East Midlands, the area to the north of Nottingham and the east of Chesterfield is a non-descript one that we imagine to have always been industrialised.
alexz commented on the word Chesterfield
Canadians still call a couch a 'Chesterfield' even if it's not that brand name.
June 10, 2013