0 a large house in the country with the land surrounding it, especially one that belongs to a member of the upper class:
However, he had no local connections, which worked against him in a country seat.
The workhouses were the country seats of the vagrant.
It eventually expanded into three of the former country seats.
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.
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.
