Chesterfield
See also: chesterfield
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editProper noun
editChesterfield
- Any of a number of settlements:
- A market town and borough in Derbyshire, England. [1]
- A hamlet in Wall parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1005) [2]
- The Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261, a rural municipality in west Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A village in the town of Montville, New London County, Connecticut.
- A ghost town and historic district in Caribou County, Idaho.
- A village and township in Macoupin County, Illinois.
- A town in Union Township, Madison County and Salem Township, Delaware County, Indiana.
- A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Macomb County, Michigan.
- A city in St. Louis County, Missouri.
- A town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Burlington County, New Jersey.
- A town in Essex County, New York.
- A township in Fulton County, Ohio.
- A town, the county seat of Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
- A census-designated place in Henderson County, Tennessee.
- A neighbourhood of West Valley City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
- Ellipsis of Chesterfield County.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editIn reference to Lord Chesterfield, author of Principles of Politeness and of Knowing the World, 1786.
Noun
editChesterfield (plural Chesterfields)
- (dated) An extremely polite person.
- 1901, Mrs. John A. Logan, Thirty Years in Washington, page 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.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- "The man-eatin' Papuans had me once, but they are Chesterfields compared to this crowd."
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- en:Towns in Derbyshire, England
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- en:Districts of Derbyshire, England
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- en:Villages in Staffordshire, England
- en:Villages in England
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- en:Rural municipalities of Saskatchewan
- en:Places in Saskatchewan
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- en:Villages in Connecticut, USA
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- en:Ghost towns in Idaho, USA
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- en:Villages in Illinois, USA
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- en:Unincorporated communities in Michigan, USA
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- en:Cities in Missouri, USA
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- en:Towns in New Hampshire, USA
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- en:Unincorporated communities in New Jersey, USA
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- en:Places in Ohio, USA
- en:Towns in South Carolina, USA
- en:County seats of South Carolina, USA
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- en:Census-designated places in Tennessee, USA
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- en:Neighborhoods in Utah, USA
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