davenport
see also: Davenport
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈdævənpɔːt/
Noun

davenport (plural davenports)

  1. A large sofa, especially a formal one.
    • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt
      He blundered into the living-room, lay on the davenport, hands behind his head.
  2. A writing desk.
    • 1894, E. Somerville, Martin Ross The Real Charlotte
      Then she went into the house, and, sitting down at the davenport in the dining—room, got out a sheet of her best notepaper, and wrote a note to Pamela Dysart in her strong, commercially clear hand.
    • 1944, Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler Double Indemnity (screenplay)
      He crosses to the davenport to get the policies from his briefcase,

Davenport
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈdævənpɔːt/
Proper noun
  1. Surname from the town in Cheshire.
  2. Surname of Irish origin from the Gaelic Ó Donndubhartaigh.
  3. Surname of Anglo-Norman origin: de avesne port, where avesne is derived from frk avisna ("field" see:Wiese).
  4. Any of a number of cities in the English-speaking world:
    1. A city/county seat in Scott County, Iowa.
    2. A small city/county seat in Lincoln County, Washington.
    3. CDP in Santa Cruz County, California.



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