clubhouse

[kluhb-hous]

noun, plural club·hous·es

[kluhb-hou-ziz] /ˈklʌbˌhaʊ zɪz/.

a building or room occupied by a club.
a building or area used for social or recreational activities by occupants of an apartment complex, institution, etc.
an athletic team's dressing room.

Origin of clubhouse

First recorded in 1810–20; club + house

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Historical Examples of club-house

The three figures went toward the bright lights of the club-house.
The Gentleman From Indiana
Booth Tarkington
A desperate feeling actuated him, and he entered the Club-house.
Vivian Grey
Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
And when Drake, on his return, called Garrison into the club-house, Garrison went white-faced.
Garrison's Finish
W. B. M. Ferguson
Major Bagstock and Cousin Phenix stared at them from a club-house window.
Shawl-Straps
Louisa M. Alcott
As far as the first turn the lights from the club-house helped them.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
E. Phillips Oppenheim

British Dictionary definitions for club-house

clubhouse

noun

the premises of a sports or other club, esp a golf club

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Word Origin and History for club-house

also clubhouse, "place of meeting and refreshment always open to those who sre members of the club," 1818, from club (n.) in the associative sense + house (n.). Clubhouse lawyer is baseball slang by 1940s.