country seat
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Massie embraced the whole of Scott's inheritance, acting as champion for the writer and the conservation of his country seat at Abbotsford, near Melrose.
From BBC
Following defeat in the 1987 election, he returned as MP for the West Country seat of Devizes in 1992 until he retired from the House of Commons in May 2010.
From BBC
Mr. Pence will look to energize voters with stops here in Columbus, the country seat of Muscogee County, and then in Macon.
From Washington Times
It was once the country seat of Orion O. Denny, of the ubiquitous Seattle Dennys.
From Seattle Times
His visits soon made the Cunard country seat, Nevill Holt, in the depths of Leicestershire, a hotbed of social action.
From New York Times
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