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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Courthouse

/(kōrt"hous`)/ · Court·house · IPA /ˈkɔɹt.haʊs/
01 n. A house in which established courts are held, or a house appropriated to courts and public meetings.
  1. 1.
    A house in which established courts are held, or a house appropriated to courts and public meetings.[U.S.]
  2. 2.
    A county town; -- so called in Virginia and some others of the Southern States.
    “Providence, the county town of Fairfax, is unknown by that name, and passes as Fairfax Court House.” — Barlett.