manor
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈmænər/
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mansión
- The lord of the manor hosted an extravagant ball for the local nobility.
- a manor house
What we find is that when when she goes to the the Manor, he's waiting.
- What we find is that when when she goes to the the Manor, he's waiting.
- The use of the road, the use of monuments, the garden, the position of the Manor house and so on.
- And when it came time for the the hated Lord of the Manor to extract this right, she pulled the knife out and killed him.
- So for example, a feudal Manor would start to disintegrate, serfs would run away, then run into a town.
- It was like big Manor house type place in Italy.
- Then we got to this real big Manor house and the woman came out to me at the Sydney garden.
Examples
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She spent her summer vacation at the old manor, wandering through its vast gardens.
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We had a beautiful tea party at the Manor of Vuklikho.
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Then we got to this real big Manor house and the woman came out to me at the Sydney garden.
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The use of the road, the use of monuments, the garden, the position of the Manor house and so on.
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I trust Locksley visited his manor and found the home fires still burning.
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Evie, this is the lord of the manor, Walter De Ville.
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The very prospect of going back to Havermoor Manor to live almost made her shudder.
Fiction book (1991) -
Arthur kept the Thames on his right, heading toward the great manors on the river's edge.
Fiction book (1993) -
Presently, they passed a many-cupolaed manor house, apparently uninhabited and in the process of decay.
Fiction book (1993) -
On major holidays, Willis, it's customary for the lord of the manor to offer drippings to the poor.
Synonyms
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4.2
A large area of land owned by one person or family with a big house
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3.4
A very large, impressive house often with many rooms and gardens
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3.2
A large fancy house in the countryside or suburbs that people use as a holiday home
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8.2
A large impressive country house in France, often like a small castle
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3.4
A large house in the countryside with its own land
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6.0
A large old country house once owned by a rich landowner
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5.7
A large, impressive house in the country owned by a rich family
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4.0
A very large, impressive house where a rich family lives
A large house with land in the countryside that is the main home of a family
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Etymology
Manor comes from the old Latin verb manere, which means 'to stay', and passed into English through the Old French manoir, meaning 'home' or 'place to live'. So a manor was literally the place a lord 'stayed', which is why it now means a large country house and the land around it.