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- settee 1
1
: a long seat with a back
2
: a medium-sized sofa with arms and a back
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the young couple snuggled on the settee
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By Southern law, enslaved people were property, like a plow horse or a prized settee, bought and sold or passed down from one family member to another.
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David Wright Faladé, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
Most of us would settle for Lucozade and a duvet on the settee, but Howe is Newcastle’s king nerd.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Long white settees sit center stage, with ‘Positano’ scented candles from his collaboration with Cire Trudon scenting the room.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 15 May 2025
Hallie Henley Sims inherited her own grandmother’s curved back settee and chose to keep the original orange velvet upholstery intact.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 2 May 2025
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David Wright Faladé, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
Most of us would settle for Lucozade and a duvet on the settee, but Howe is Newcastle’s king nerd.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Long white settees sit center stage, with ‘Positano’ scented candles from his collaboration with Cire Trudon scenting the room.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 15 May 2025
Hallie Henley Sims inherited her own grandmother’s curved back settee and chose to keep the original orange velvet upholstery intact.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 2 May 2025
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“Settee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settee. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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settee
noun
set·tee
se-ˈtē 
1
: a long seat with a back
2
: a medium-sized sofa with arms and a back
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