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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A usually upholstered armchair having a relatively low back and side panels between the seat and armrests.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, shepherdess, bergère (probably so called after the pastoral scenes often depicted on the upholstery of such armchairs in the 1700s ), from Old French bergiere, shepherdess, feminine of berger, shepherd, from Vulgar Latin *vervēcārius, berbēcārius*berbēcārius, from Latin vervex, vervēc-, wether.]

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