great house

noun

: the main house of an estate or plantation

Examples of great house in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Atreides is Paul’s family name, one of the great houses in the Dune universe and a major political power. Lucas Trevor, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024 Her co-star Timothée Chalamet played with his styling choices as well, appearing in a zippered Alexander McQueen suit that echoed the structured black uniform of his character Paul Atreides, the teenage heir to the one of the great houses in the film’s galactic empire. Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024 This list is not meant to be a comprehensive guide to all the great house wares in Kansas City. Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024 But the most jaw-dropping action from the trailer is the scenes of war, as the great houses battle on the desert planet. Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 In her youth, her father used to take her to Chaco Canyon and teach her about the people who built the great houses and how their practices extend to her and others in the present. Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 20 July 2023 Below, Kid ‘n Play look back on making House Party, decades of friendships, and the key elements for a truly great house party. Time, 13 Jan. 2023 During excavations last summer, Pollard and his team discovered yet another timber enclosure, some 300 feet in diameter, and within it the footings of an enormous rectangular great house more than a hundred feet long, with walls made of gigantic timbers towering as much as 40 feet above the ground. National Geographic, 19 July 2022 There are two cottages, a great house for entertaining, and self-sufficient solar power and water services. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1633, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of great house was in 1633

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“Great house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/great%20house. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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