country house

Definitions

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
2. 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
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see country, house: a house in the country: one not in town.

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Examples

“Near-synonym: country seat”

“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.”

“a country house look⟳”

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