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court·house
/
ˈkɔrtˌhaʊs, ˈkoʊrt-
/
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[
kawrt
-hous,
kohrt
-
]
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noun,
plural
court·hous·es
/
-ˌhaʊ
zɪz
/
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[
-hou-ziz
]
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.
1.
a building in
which
courts
of law are held.
2.
a county seat.
Origin:
1425–75;
late Middle English;
see
court
,
house
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courthouse
(ˈkɔːtˌhaʊs)
—
n
a public building in which courts of law are held
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
courthouse
late 15c., from
court
+
house
. In Virginia and the Upper South, it also can mean "county seat."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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