countryseat

American  

[kuhn-tree-seet] / ˈkʌn triˌsit /

noun

British.

1. a country mansion or estate, especially one belonging to a distinguished family and large enough to accommodate house parties, hunt meetings, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of countryseat

First recorded in 1575–85; country + seat

Example Sentences

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countryseat

From the sumptuous isolation of his 70-room countryseat in Surrey, Billionaire J. Paul Getty, 70, told BBC tellyviewers how awful it was to be rich.

From Time Magazine Archive

But as to keeping up a countryseat and a town house and a shooting-box and a racing-stable--why, it's out of the question.

From The Joy of Living (Es lebe das Leben) A Play in Five Acts by Hermann Sudermann

It was formerly the countryseat of the Hamilton family, from which a district of West Philadelphia east of Fortieth Street and south of Market Street took the name of Hamilton Village.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Frank Cousins

Unquestionably the most notable mansion of hewn stone in Greater Philadelphia is Cliveden, the countryseat of the Chew family, located in extensive grounds at Germantown Avenue and Johnson streets, Germantown.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Frank Cousins

Others desiring to live more nearly in the manner of their English forbears in the mother country chose to make an elaborate countryseat their year-round place of residence.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Frank Cousins