country club

noun

1. a club, usually in a suburban district, with a clubhouse and grounds, offering various social activities and generally having facilities for tennis, golf, swimming, etc.

country club

noun

1. a club in the country, having sporting and social facilities

Word History and Origins

Origin of country club¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Example Sentences

He said only a small number of the country club’s approximately 300 members were among those receiving vaccinations.

From Washington Post

When my mom came home in the afternoon, she would take over and I would head off to my job in the kitchen at the local country club.

From Ozy

They had gone to school together from kindergarten to third grade, in Indianapolis, and at age 19, reconnected at a country club social.

From Washington Post

While corporations and country clubs are pocketing millions of dollars, the neighborhoods and small businesses around them struggle, and governments are unable to provide the services needed to help everybody get ahead.

From Voice of San Diego

So Bastøy inmates, and always low-risk ones, have their own places to live and a variety of activities that make it much more like a country club than a prison.

From Ozy

Worry-wart Country Club Republicans say, “How about his father?”

From The Daily Beast

She takes a golf club, the country club equivalent of a Louisville slugger, and attacks his car.

From The Daily Beast

The children went to private school, weekends were spent at the country club.

From The Daily Beast

In 1991 you married Kelly Preston, yet still stories persisted that you hit on men in hotel and country club shower rooms.

From The Daily Beast

Members of the Grassy Sprain Country Club, near New York City, blurted out a story that had been on their minds for a month.

From The Daily Beast

More majestic than the usual country club, that of Sleepy Hollow was approached by a stately entrance gate.

From Project Gutenberg

He wished he had remained in the smoking-room of his hotel, or hunted up some old acquaintances at the Country Club.

From Project Gutenberg

I had been several times to luncheon at the Country Club and had met a number of delightful Americans there.

From Project Gutenberg

She had sprained her ankle in getting out of my car on the night that we had dined at the country club.

From Project Gutenberg

When I grew expert we danced together at the country club and at some of the smart places down-town.

From Project Gutenberg

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