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Difference between Mansion house (UK) and Mansion house (U.S.)

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mansion house (UK)—

1. the house of a landed proprietor:

  • The landed gentry usually possess a share of pride fully proportionate to their estate and mansion house.

2. (the Mansion House) the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London:

  • The conference took place in the Egyptian Hall of the Mansion House, the Lord Mayor presiding.

mansion house (U.S.)—a large house of good appearance:

  • In this street were most of the great houses, or “mansionhouses,” as it was usual to call them.