mansionette
nounEtymology
From mansion + -ette. Doublet of maisonette.
Definitions
A large and somewhat luxurious house.
- In the smaller plans of a "Mansionette near Wimbledon Park," "Semi-detached Houses," and "The Compact House built near Blackheath," we are not favoured with any scale.
- Trading in their battered RV and Louisiana swamplands for a sumptuous pink mansionette with swimming pool, the Malloys pull off their ruse with skill and also childish naïveté.
A flat that spans two or more floors, and often has its own entrance (i.e. not off a…
A flat that spans two or more floors, and often has its own entrance (i.e. not off a communal hallway).
- gone to London to work and had left her mansionette flat empty. The mansionettes stood on high ground overlooking the docks.
The neighborhood
- neighbormaisonette
- neighbormansion
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA