Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An estate or mansion in the country.
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- noun an
estate in thecountry ;gentleman 's countryresidence
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Examples
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It has an air of dignity and spaciousness which many a more portentous modern countryseat fail to match.
Annals and Reminiscences of Jamaica Plain Harriet Manning Whitcomb
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His hospitality is, however, greater at his countryseat
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His hospitality is, however, greater at his countryseat
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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Chester, and probably both before and after that event lived at "Rockhall," Josiah's countryseat in Long Island.
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He had always pined to see what an English countryseat was like; and Lingerfield was apparently important.
The Refugees 1919
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Mr. Barradine's town mansion stood in a commanding corner position, with its front door in the side street; and from the glimpse that Dale obtained of its hall, its staircase, and its vast depth, he judged that it was quite worthy of the owner of that noble countryseat, the
The Devil's Garden W. B. Maxwell 1902
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His hospitality is, however, greater at his countryseat
Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (Being secret letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London) — Volume 3 Lewis Goldsmith 1804
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His hospitality is, however, greater at his countryseat
Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (Being secret letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London) — Complete Lewis Goldsmith 1804
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