countryseat
[ kuhn-tree-seet ]
/ ˈkʌn triˌsit /
noun British.
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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Example sentences from the Web for countryseat
"Wister's Big House" was the first countryseat in Germantown.
The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia|Frank CousinsHis hospitality is, however, greater at his countryseat Morfontaine than at his hotel here.
Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete|Lewis Goldsmith
British Dictionary definitions for countryseat
country seat
noun
a large estate or property in the country
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