Great house
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A great house is a large house or mansion with luxurious appointments and great retinues of indoor and outdoor staff. The term is used mainly historically, especially of properties at the turn of the 20th century, i.e., the late Victorian or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom and the Gilded Age in the United States.
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See also
- Real estate
- House society
- Master of the Horse, a courtier, i.e. a royal appointment, now only ceremonial
- Master of the Hounds, in charge of and financially responsible for a hunt, usually a foxhunt
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