countryseat

[ kuhn-tree-seet ]

noun

, British.

1. a country mansion or estate, especially one belonging to a distinguished family and large enough to accommodate house parties, hunt meetings, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of countryseat¹

First recorded in 1575–85; country + seat

Example Sentences

But as to keeping up a countryseat and a town house and a shooting-box and a racing-stable--why, it's out of the question.

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It was certainly an act of some self-denial to leave their countryseats or cool rooms, and spend a hot summer evening in talking to Fourth-ward rowdies.

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Others desiring to live more nearly in the manner of their English forbears in the mother country chose to make an elaborate countryseat their year-round place of residence.

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It has an air of dignity and spaciousness which many a more portentous modern countryseat fail to match.

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Then the driver pointed out to them the countryseat, the park of which stretched away from the abbey, and he advised them to take a little path and follow the walls surrounding it.

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