subhousen.
/ˈsʌbˌhaʊz/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌhaʊz/ 1. A house forming part of a larger house; a secondary or subsidiary house (in various senses of the noun).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > other types of house
houseOE
showernc1175
house of fencec1425
abbey1665
park1750
trust house1751
subhouse1771
hurley-house1814
bure1843
ideal home1854
tholtan1856
picture house1858
village-house1862
tumble-down1866
tree-house1867
mazet1873
riad1881
slaughterhouse1899
whare puni1911
mas1912
social housing1928
quadruplex1939
share house1945
starter home1948
show house1957
painted lady1978
self-build1978
starter1979
Earthship1985
Queenslander1985
des res1986
common house1989
1771 in G. Bryce Remarkable Hist. Hudson's Bay Co. (1900) xiii. 111 Excepting the sub-houses, each factor receives a commission to act for benefit of Company.
1876 Ann. Rep. Civil Dispensaries 1874–5 (Madras) 79 The sub-houses consist of a range of cook-rooms and of two new latrines.
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 25 Sept. 10/1 What he might call sub-houses, or a house within a house.
1913 Theosophical Q. Jan. 233 The order was distracted by quarrels and rivalries, by the jealousy of sub-houses in foreign countries.
2005 E. E. Knight Dragon Champion xix. 262 Unrush had a stone-walled house with a slate roof, with three subhouses for his wives branching off the main structure.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > suite of rooms > [noun] > others
enfilade1727
subhouse1818
showroom1863
master suite1966
1818 European Mag. Feb. 97/1 We passed underneath them to what might be called the sub-house or basement, where a grey porter received us sitting in his antique chair.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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