CHESTERFIELD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chesterfield mean? 

• CHESTERFIELD (noun)
  The noun CHESTERFIELD has 3 senses:

1. suave and witty English statesman remembered mostly for letters to his son (1694-1773)

2. an overstuffed davenport with upright armrests

3. a fitted overcoat with a velvet collar

  Familiarity information: CHESTERFIELD used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHESTERFIELD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suave and witty English statesman remembered mostly for letters to his son (1694-1773)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Chesterfield; Fourth Earl of Chesterfield; Philip Dormer Stanhope

Instance hypernyms:

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An overstuffed davenport with upright armrests

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("chesterfield" is a kind of...):

davenport (a large sofa usually convertible into a bed)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A fitted overcoat with a velvet collar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("chesterfield" is a kind of...):

greatcoat; overcoat; topcoat (a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter)

 Context examples 

Mr. Reuben Hayes was arrested at Chesterfield, on my information, at eleven o’clock last night.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The man-eatin' Papuans had me once, but they are Chesterfields compared to this crowd.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My father was a schoolmaster in Chesterfield, where I received an excellent education.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Except these, the plover and the curlew are the only inhabitants until you come to the Chesterfield high road.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then, in the gloom, we saw the two side-lamps of a trap light up in the stable-yard of the inn, and shortly afterwards heard the rattle of hoofs, as it wheeled out into the road and tore off at a furious pace in the direction of Chesterfield.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At the spot where we saw the last of the Dunlop tire it might equally have led to Holdernesse Hall, the stately towers of which rose some miles to our left, or to a low, grey village which lay in front of us and marked the position of the Chesterfield high road.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)