4th earl chesterfield

[ches-ter-feeld] /ˈtʃɛs tərˌfild/
noun
philip dormer stanhope
[dawr-mer stan-uh p] /ˈdɔr mər ˈstæn əp/ (show ipa), 4th earl of, 1694–1773, british statesman and author.
chesterfield
/ˈtʃɛstəˌfiːld/
noun
a man’s knee-length overcoat, usually with a fly front to conceal the b-ttons and having a velvet collar
a large tightly stuffed sofa, often upholstered in leather, with straight upholstered arms of the same height as the back
word origin
c19: named after a 19th-century earl of chesterfield
chesterfield1
/ˈtʃɛstəˌfiːld/
noun
an industrial town in n central england, in derbyshire: famous 14th-century church with twisted spire. pop: 70 260 (2001)
chesterfield2
/ˈtʃɛstəˌfiːld/
noun
philip dormer stanhope, 4th earl of chesterfield. 1694–1773, english statesman and writer, noted for his elegance, suavity, and wit; author of letters to his son (1774)
chesterfield

derbyshire town, old english cesterfelda, literally “open land near a roman fort,” from ceaster “fort” (see chester) + feld “open land” (see field (n.)). the cigarette brand was named for chesterfield county, virginia, u.s. as a kind of overcoat and a kind of sofa (both 19c.), the name comes from earls of chesterfield. philip stanhope, the fourth earl of chesterfield (1694-1773) was the writer on manners and etiquette.