settee
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Unclear, possibly from settle (“seat, long bench”) + -ee (diminutive suffix).
Noun[edit]
settee (plural settees)
- (UK, Texas) A long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa.
- 1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 18, in The Subtle Minotaur[1]:
- The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees. There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. […] A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah.
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Translations[edit]
long seat
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Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
settee (plural settees)
- A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean.
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