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Definition of Countryseat
1. Noun. An estate in the country.
Definition of Countryseat
1. Noun. an estate in the country; gentleman's country residence ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Countryseat
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Countryseat
Literary usage of Countryseat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven by Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1921)
"Some time after this humiliating failure Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia paid
a visit to the same cavalier (Lobkowitz) in his countryseat. ..."
2. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Phil Madison Riley, Frank Cousins (1920)
"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 ..."
3. The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia and Its Neighborhood: Its Missionary Aspect by Charles Freer Andrews, Harold Donaldson Eberlein, Horace Mather Lippncott, 1877-1967 (1912)
"Judge Chew built Cliveden in 1761, and used it as his countryseat. He was noted
for the courtesies he paid to the members of the first Continental Congress, ..."
4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1843)
"... that miserable desire for over- renching others, must ever keep you so." Mr.
Lee, for many years, resided at his countryseat in Bloomingdale. ..."
5. Life, Letters, and Journals of George Ticknor by George Ticknor, Anna (Eliot) Ticknor (1876)
"It was a day of no common import at a nobleman's countryseat, for it was the last
of the shooting season. The Duke was anxious to have a quantity of game ..."
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