mansionette

noun

Etymology

From mansion + -ette. Doublet of maisonette.

  1. derived from mānsiō
  2. derived from mansion
  3. inherited from mansioun
  4. suffixed as mansionette — “mansion + ette

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

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