country-club

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adjective

coun·​try-club ˈkən-trē-ˌkləb 

1

: typical, characteristic, or suggestive of a country club

a country-club atmosphere

a country-club prison

2

: having qualities (such as affluence) associated with the members of a country club

a country-club conservative

country club

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noun

: a suburban club for social life and recreation

especially : one having a golf course

Examples of country-club in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

According to Brown, the clothes best suited for this tournament are lightweight, breezy, and country-club-adjacent. — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 21 Aug. 2026

Roberts, with his country-club equanimity, can seem like a man out of time—maddeningly or reassuringly, depending on your perspective. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Noun

Firefighters were still pouring water on the Lochmoor Club in Grosse Pointe Woods and the smell of the burning was still in the air the morning after a fire tore through the historic country club and golf course. — Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2026

The fire comes more than four years after another Metro Detroit country club, Oakland Hills Country Club, was engulfed in flames. — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1762, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

country club

noun

: a suburban club for social life and recreation