0 a large house in the country with the land surrounding it, especially one that belongs to a member of the upper class:
Renshaw had been in state parliament for four decades and a senior political figure for three of those, and had long managed to hold the conservative-leaning country seat.
Courtauld devoted a great deal of time, effort and money to bring the house, and its large estate, to a standard suitable as the country seat of gentleman of means.
It eventually expanded into three of the former country seats.
The workhouses were the country seats of the vagrant.
However, he had no local connections, which worked against him in a country seat.
