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a
: a unit of English rural territorial organization
especially
: such a unit in the Middle Ages consisting of an estate under a lord enjoying a variety of rights over land and tenants including the right to hold court
b
: a tract of land in North America occupied by tenants who pay a fixed rent in money or kind to the proprietor
Phrases
to the manor born
: born into circumstances of wealth and privilege
was to the manor born but as a politician he acquired some proletarian touches—
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Examples of manor in a Sentence
the old family manor has 117 rooms
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Two years later, the new king gifted his mother a manor in Northamptonshire, a county in England’s East Midlands.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
Portland Heights Designed by architect Albert E. Doyle for a lumber baron's family, this 1918 Jacobethan manor anchors a lush 2-acre estate in east-central Portland.
—The Week Us, theweek, 7 May 2024
On lush Sentosa Island, the 30-acre compound delights both traditionalists — with a pair of 19th-century colonial manors — and modernists, with a serpentine Foster + Partners addition that loops around a rainforest and a trio of swimming pools.
—Elaine Glusac, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
This grand Georgian manor in Ireland’s Slieve Bloom Mountains earned runner-up status on our last two surveys.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
Portland Heights Designed by architect Albert E. Doyle for a lumber baron's family, this 1918 Jacobethan manor anchors a lush 2-acre estate in east-central Portland.
—The Week Us, theweek, 7 May 2024
On lush Sentosa Island, the 30-acre compound delights both traditionalists — with a pair of 19th-century colonial manors — and modernists, with a serpentine Foster + Partners addition that loops around a rainforest and a trio of swimming pools.
—Elaine Glusac, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
This grand Georgian manor in Ireland’s Slieve Bloom Mountains earned runner-up status on our last two surveys.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
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“Manor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manor. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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