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country seat

noun
\ˌkən-trē-ˈsēt \
variants: or less commonly countryseat

Definition of country seat 

: a house or estate in the country

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 The San Antonio-border country seat could yield a runoff, as well, between Gina Ortiz Jones, an Air Force veteran, and Jay Hulings, a former federal prosecutor. — Washington Post, "Things to know from Tuesday’s Texas primaries," 6 Mar. 2018

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1583, in the meaning defined above

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