house seat

noun

: a theater seat reserved by the management for a special guest

Examples of house seat in a Sentence

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Republicans could end up controlling 11 of 14 house seats in the swing state. Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026 Map drawers draft the outlines of these districts, as well as those for state senate and state house seats, city council districts, and county precincts, like in Galveston County. Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026 And, in fact, one of 26 state house seats that have flipped from Republican to Democrat nationally since president Trump took office. CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026 The restaurant in a clapboard building that looks like a house seats 75, including 15 at the bar, and is located in what some call the most beautiful part of the state: rural, scenic Washington in Litchfield County. Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for house seat

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of house seat was in 1948

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“House seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house%20seat. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.

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