great house
great house noun: a large, luxurious house or mansion, with a sizeable indoor and outdoor staff; especially of properties in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United Kingdom and United States.
Noun
great house (plural great houses)
- A large, luxurious house or mansion, with a sizeable indoor and outdoor staff; especially of properties in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United Kingdom and United States.
- Near-synonyms: manor house, great hall
- And now I will speak of the Great House of Allington. After all, it was not very great; nor was it surrounded by much of that exquisite nobility of park appurtenance which graces the habitations of most of our old landed proprietors. But the house itself was very graceful.1864, Anthony Trollope, chapter 1, in The Small House at Allington, London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Synonyms:
- manor house, great hall
- A large complex with many rooms, built for worship by the Anasazi.
Synonyms of great house
Forms of great house
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Questions about great house
- What does great house mean?
- Great house means a large, luxurious house or mansion, with a sizeable indoor and outdoor staff; especially of properties in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United Kingdom and United States.
- What part of speech is great house?
- Great house is a noun.
- What is the plural of great house?
- The plural of great house is great houses.
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