countryseat
[kuhn-tree-seet]
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noun British.
a country mansion or estate, especially one belonging to a distinguished family and large enough to accommodate house parties, hunt meetings, etc.
Origin of countryseat
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Historical Examples of countryseat
"Wister's Big House" was the first countryseat in Germantown.
The Colonial Architecture of PhiladelphiaFrank Cousins
His hospitality is, however, greater at his countryseat Morfontaine than at his hotel here.
Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, CompleteLewis Goldsmith