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settee

[ set-tee ]

noun

  1. a seat for two or more persons, having a back and usually arms, and often upholstered.


settee

/ sɛˈtiː /

noun

  1. a seat, for two or more people, with a back and usually with arms
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of settee1

First recorded in 1710–20; perhaps variant of settle 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of settee1

C18: changed from settle ²
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Example Sentences

An with that I laid down on the settee, an felt orful bad, an the more I tho't about it, the wus I felt.

"It's good of you to drop in," he said, after he had fixed me in his own comfortable chair and drawn up the settee for himself.

Drawing the settee closer to the light, he opened the great volume across his knees and adjusted his spectacles.

I have forgotten a companionable cat who each morning takes her seat on the long leather settee beside me and shares my crescents.

She avoided his ardent gaze, but he moved to the settee beside her and looked into the bewitching face.

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