country house

noun

: a house and especially a mansion in the country

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The hotel’s 28 rooms and suites are decorated with a country house charm. Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 17 Jan. 2025 Photo: Chuck Choi Architectural Photography Foster + Partners London, UK Jacques Garcia Jacques Garcia’s Sicilian monastery turned country house. The Editors Of Ad, Architectural Digest, 4 Dec. 2024 The art patron modeled the site off a Roman country house buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD. Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025 Named the Owl’s Nest, the mansion was built in 1897 as a country house for journalist William L. Crounse within the Forest Hills community. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for country house 

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of country house was in the 14th century

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“Country house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/country%20house. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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