great house

Definition of great housenext

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Recent Examples of great house 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. 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 The space-witch order ostensibly provides trusted advisers to the ruling Emperor of the Corrino Empire and his Imperium’s aristocratic great houses, like House Atreides and House Harkonnen, but has secretly harbored long-gestating plans about who can and should rule. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for great house
Recent Examples of Synonyms for great house
Noun
  • At the center of the spread is an 18th-century manor house measuring just over 8,600 square feet.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The Dining Room, set in the manor house at Quinta da Casa Branca, serves refined à la carte dishes and a tasting menu in a classic room with a terrace facing the gardens.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The main house is a traditional Italian country villa spanning more than 20,000 square feet.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Kenton Jones is the managing director at The Tryall Club, a luxury villa resort in Montego Bay.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Most memorably, Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) knocked out Nigel Berbrooke (Jamie Beamish) with a punch in the Walled Garden area of the 18th-century castle grounds in one scene.
    Kayla Keegan, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Medieval Times, a dinner show set in a castle from medieval times, opens in Kissimmee.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • To bring the magical world of Julia Quinn’s books to life, Bridgerton’s production crew filmed all across the United Kingdom — from real Tudor-era mansions and courtyards in the countryside to iconic museums and historic churches in the heart of London.
    Kayla Keegan, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Despite his success, Wilson left acting, sold his Bel-Air mansion and Rolls-Royce and became an interdenominational preacher in 1983.
    Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The 240-seat hacienda-style restaurant’s menu draws on Carballo’s nomadic culinary travels in his native Mexico.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • When the gross lord of the manor tries to assault one of Sophie's fellow maids, Sophie stands up to him, but then the violent creep is about to harm Sophie.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • And who doesn’t relish the gothic details of an ancient manor and grumpy yet uniquely attractive duke that owns it?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Delhi was designed around its banks in the 17th century, when the river fed the canals that cooled royal palaces.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
  • In his youth, Mendonça was fascinated by the city’s grand cinema palaces.
    Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Any project involving multiple designers requires plenty of open conversation and some healthy design diplomacy, but all the more so in the case of a recent renovation to an Upper West Side town house.
    David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2026
  • His Manhattan town house on East 71st Street, which sold for $51 million in March 2021.
    Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 23 Dec. 2025

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“Great house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/great%20house. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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