manor

[US]/'mænə/
[UK]/'mænɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. estate; territory; fief

Phrases & Collocations

manor house

country manor

stately manor

manor owner

manor garden

Example Sentences

manor house, manor seat

an Elizabethan manor house.

a manor of an unguessable antiquity.

the ancient manor of Tregarrick

an imposing 17th-century manor house.

the cost of the manor's restoration persuaded them to take in guests.

The builder of the manor house is a direct ancestor of the present owner.

The ghost of a hanged poacher is said to haunt the manor house.

the boundary between the two manors was properly staked out.

with the rain teeming down at the manor, Italy seemed a long way off.

My husband, he of the declasse jokes and Bud Light, looks as if he’s to the manor born.

This manor was built by Hugo, Sire of Somerel, the same who endowed the sixth chaplaincy of the Abbey of Villiers.

a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services.

By the custom of many manors one shall lose copyhold if he claims it not within a year and a day after the death of his ancestor.

Real-world Examples

This sweet sanctuary is giraffe manor, located in the suburbs of Nairobi Kenya.

Source: National Geographic (Children's Section)

And it put mechanisms in place for large banks to fail in a controlled predictable manor.

Source: Economic Crash Course

He could just see Malfoy strutting around a large manor house.

Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Oh so you ran off to be with the lady of the manor?

Source: Loving Vincent: The Mystery of the Starry Night

“Good day to you, Mr. Borgin. I’ll expect you at the manor tomorrow to pick up the goods.”

Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Selected Edition

House-elves come with big old manors and castles and places like that; you wouldn't catch one in our house.

Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

It's not like there's a big manor with lovely rooms.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

Now that, Thomas, is the manor.

Source: Gentleman Jack

You do what you like with your manors.

Source: Character Profile

Squatting. It's not exactly the Hastings manor, but I have a whole sofa to myself.

Source: Pretty Little Liars Season 1

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