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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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Rooms upstairs lean toward palatial, transporting you to what could easily be a countryside manor.
—Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
Each character can be assigned to dig up the grounds of the manor, peer through its library stacks and even conduct dark rituals in its chapel.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Unwilling to let Devon take her pet blonde back to Buffalo, Michaela tells Jose to call the cops, who love the lady of the manor and promptly throw Devon in jail to cool off.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 22 May 2025
Two years later, Klein and his husband, producer John Goldwyn, purchased a nearby 1937 property built in the style of a 19th-century French manor—and knew Koch could transform the interiors into an inviting and transporting oasis inspired by its original architectural blueprints.
—Lindsay Talbot, Architectural Digest, 16 May 2025
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Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
Each character can be assigned to dig up the grounds of the manor, peer through its library stacks and even conduct dark rituals in its chapel.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Unwilling to let Devon take her pet blonde back to Buffalo, Michaela tells Jose to call the cops, who love the lady of the manor and promptly throw Devon in jail to cool off.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 22 May 2025
Two years later, Klein and his husband, producer John Goldwyn, purchased a nearby 1937 property built in the style of a 19th-century French manor—and knew Koch could transform the interiors into an inviting and transporting oasis inspired by its original architectural blueprints.
—Lindsay Talbot, Architectural Digest, 16 May 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 29 Jul. 2025.
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