house seat

noun

1. one of a number of seats in a theater that the management reserves for special guests, friends of the producer or cast, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of house seat¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

While he has never held public office, Driscoll worked in Congress as an intern for the Senate's veteran affairs committee, and in 2020 he made an unsuccessful bid for a House seat in North Carolina.

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Potential House seat gain for Democrats after a state judge in Utah vetoed a GOP-drawn congressional map, and instead chose a version that potentially hands Democrats one of Utah’s four congressional districts.

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She was the chosen successor of Rep. Sala Burton, a short-timer who took over the House seat held for decades by her late husband, Philip, and who delivered a personal benediction from her deathbed.

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It’s hard to look at, say, the House seat that Abigail Spanberger once held, for example, in the D.C. suburbs, and say that Eugene Vindman, the Democratic member there, should feel good running a year from now.

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In Illinois, the exciting young candidate for a Democratic-held House seat is very young indeed.

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