mansionette
English
Etymology
From mansion + -ette. Doublet of maisonette.
Noun
mansionette (plural mansionettes)
- (US) A large and somewhat luxurious house.
- 1860 July, The Gentleman's Magazine, page 80:
- 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.
- (UK) A flat that spans two or more floors, and often has its own entrance (i.e. not off a communal hallway).
- 2014, Eoin McNamee, Blue is the Night:
- 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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