great house

noun

: the main house of an estate or plantation

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Rather than the great house, this boxed set details the Marauder States in the time of 3015. Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025 Salesforce is still a great house, but the neighborhood is deteriorating. Zev Fima, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025 That was followed the next year by Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, the story of a working-class imposter who manipulates and murders his way to ownership of a great house. Nell Stevens august 4, Literary Hub, 4 Aug. 2025 Side two of the finished LP, in particular, was one of the great house party soundtracks of the era. Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for great house

Word History

First Known Use

1623, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of great house was in 1623

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“Great house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/great%20house. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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