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mansion Definition


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mansion
noun
    1. A large house, usually a grand or luxurious one.
      Thesaurus: estate, villa, hall, castle, chateau, manor house.
    (Brit)
    2. Used eg as the name or address of a residential property: a large building divided into luxury apartments.
      Example: Belgravia Mansions
      Form: mansions
      Form: Mansions
    3. now rare
      A manor-house.
Etymology: 14c in obsolete sense ‘a dwelling place': French, from Latin mansio remaining.



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