Country house
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A house serving as a weekend and holiday residence, used as a retreat from city life; traditionally and archetypically in the country, and especially of wealthy owners. British, especially
"Near-synonym: country seat"
- 2 a house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country wordnet
- 3 Such a house, even as a primary residence and even in an area that is no longer rural, but with an aesthetic in keeping with that traditional distinction of country ways. British, especially
"a country house look"
- 4 Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see country, house: a house in the country: one not in town.
Example
More examples"One of those utterly tedious amusements one only finds at an English country house on an English country Sunday. I don't think any one at all morally responsible for what he or she does at an English country house."