Complete Definition of "country house"

English

Noun

en-noun

  1. UK A weekend and holiday residence outside of the city; US a second home.

#:1909 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. � Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband, Act 3.

Translations
French: maison de campagne f

ru:country house

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