country house
Americannoun
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country houses
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of country house
First recorded in 1585–95
Example Sentences
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Depicted in the Oscar-winning film "The Imitation Game", Bletchley Park, north of London, was a country house where mathematician Alan Turing cracked the code on encrypted Nazi messages.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
“That wasn’t a goal ... I’m a pretty simple person. My goal was literally to be on the Opry, have a hit song, little country house in the woods, some land, a tractor.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
A stable conversion nestled in the landscaped gardens of a Grade I listed country house in Devon.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
At the end, he was cultivating his garden, literally and figuratively, especially at Het Steen, the country house he purchased in 1635 for his retirement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
On July 3, the day before the Society of the Cincinnati dinner, he had a dinner party of his own at his new country house, the Grange.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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