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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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the old family manor has 117 rooms
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Through equal parts coincidence and cajoling, all three end up at the manor where both Audrey and Neville grew up.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 18 Apr. 2025
The stately manor, once owned by King Hassan II of Morocco, sits on a 90-acre parcel, to which Pendry has added an organic farm, a complex with two pools and a hot tub, tennis courts, and an event space.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
Years go by with the two sharing a psychic connection, until Ellen's husband, an estate agent, is called to Orlok's eerie castle in Transylvania's Carpathian Alps to sell him a manor in their home city of Wisborg, Germany.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2025
Imbued with history, this space was once home to a soldier’s aide-de-camp during the general’s residence in the manor.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 18 Apr. 2025
The stately manor, once owned by King Hassan II of Morocco, sits on a 90-acre parcel, to which Pendry has added an organic farm, a complex with two pools and a hot tub, tennis courts, and an event space.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
Years go by with the two sharing a psychic connection, until Ellen's husband, an estate agent, is called to Orlok's eerie castle in Transylvania's Carpathian Alps to sell him a manor in their home city of Wisborg, Germany.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2025
Imbued with history, this space was once home to a soldier’s aide-de-camp during the general’s residence in the manor.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for manor
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“Manor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manor. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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