Government House

or government house

noun

the official residence of a colonial governor, as in a British Commonwealth country.

Origin of Government House

First recorded in 1795–1805

Words nearby Government House

governance, governess, government, governmentalism, governmentese, Government House, government-in-exile, government issue, government man, Government National Mortgage Association, government of the people, by the people, and for the people

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Example sentences from the Web for Government House

It is a mean-looking town: nearly all wood houses: a very good fort and government-house.
Journal of a Voyage across the Atlantic|George Moore
She was carried to St. John's and taken to Government-house, where she was kindly treated.
Lecture On The Aborigines Of Newfoundland|Joseph Noad
They might smoke as good as that at the government-house, but he rather doubted it.
Parrot & Co.|Harold MacGrath
I never heard it until I came to Kornegalle, where it haunts the rocky hill at the back of Government-house.
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon|J. Emerson Tennent

She said, that while Pierre dressed him, she would put up some clothes for a short visit to Government-house.
The Hour and the Man|Harriet Martineau

British Dictionary definitions for Government House

Government House

noun

the official residence of a representative of the British Crown (such as a Canadian Lieutenant-Governor or an Australian Governor General) in a state or province that recognizes the British sovereign as Head of the Commonwealth

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单词	government house
释义	Government House or government house noun the official residence of a colonial governor, as in a British Commonwealth country. Origin of Government House First recorded in 1795–1805 Words nearby Government House governance, governess, government, governmentalism, governmentese, Government House, government-in-exile, government issue, government man, Government National Mortgage Association, government of the people, by the people, and for the people Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Government House It is a mean-looking town: nearly all wood houses: a very good fort and government-house. Journal of a Voyage across the Atlantic\|George Moore She was carried to St. John's and taken to Government-house, where she was kindly treated. Lecture On The Aborigines Of Newfoundland\|Joseph Noad They might smoke as good as that at the government-house, but he rather doubted it. Parrot & Co.\|Harold MacGrath I never heard it until I came to Kornegalle, where it haunts the rocky hill at the back of Government-house. Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon\|J. Emerson Tennent She said, that while Pierre dressed him, she would put up some clothes for a short visit to Government-house. The Hour and the Man\|Harriet Martineau British Dictionary definitions for Government House Government House noun the official residence of a representative of the British Crown (such as a Canadian Lieutenant-Governor or an Australian Governor General) in a state or province that recognizes the British sovereign as Head of the Commonwealth Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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