Chesterfield

chesterfield English Pronunciation en En-us-Chesterfield.ogg US Etymology 1 Proper noun Any of a number of settlements: en market town/and/borough in co/Derbyshire cc/England. District map (Derbyshire) en hamlet par/Wall dist/Lichfield co/Staffordshire cc/England OS grid ref SK1005 OS: Lichfield en rurmun in west p/Saskatchewan c/Canada the Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261. en number of places c/USA: en village town:pref/Montville co/New London County s/Connecticut. en ghost town and historic district in co/Caribou County s/Idaho. en village/and/twp co/Macoupin County s/Illinois. en town twp:Suf/Union co/Madison County and twp:Suf/Salem co/Delaware County s/Indiana. en town co/Hampshire County s/Massachusetts. en twp/and/ucomm therein, in co/Macomb County s/Michigan. en city co/St. Louis County s/Missouri. TopoZone: Chesterfield, Missouri en town co/Cheshire County s/New Hampshire. en twp/and/ucomm therein, in co/Burlington County s/New Jersey. en town co/Essex County s/New York. en twp co/Fulton County s/Ohio. en town/county seat co/Chesterfield County s/South Carolina. en CDP co/Henderson County s/Tennessee. en neighbourhood city/West Valley City co/Salt Lake County s/Utah. en Chesterfield County. Derived terms en Chesterfield bed Chesterfield County Chesterfield Court House Chesterfield Inlet West Chesterfield Chesterfieldian Etymology 2 In reference to Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Lord Chesterfield, author of Principles of Politeness and of Knowing the World, 1786. Noun en dated An extremely polite person. en 1901 Mrs. John A. Logan Thirty Years in Washington 141 The White House attendants are Chesterfields of politeness, and the visitor must be aggressive and persistent indeed who is not kept within proper limits without having his sensibilities wounded. "The man-eatin' Papuans had me once, but they are Chesterfields compared to this crowd." References en eponyms