Skip to main content
manor

manor

67 5.8
A large country house often the home of a rich family
  • noun
  • /ˈmænər/
translation icon : 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.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • She spent her summer vacation at the old manor, wandering through its vast gardens.

  • We had a beautiful tea party at the Manor of Vuklikho.

  • Then we got to this real big Manor house and the woman came out to me at the Sydney garden.

  • The use of the road, the use of monuments, the garden, the position of the Manor house and so on.

  • I trust Locksley visited his manor and found the home fires still burning.

  • Evie, this is the lord of the manor, Walter De Ville.

  • 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

estate
vsmanor
553 4.2

A large area of land owned by one person or family with a big house

refers specifically to the house itself rather than the wider landholding
mansion
vsmanor
327 3.4

A very large, impressive house often with many rooms and gardens

adds the idea of historic rural ownership rather than mere luxury
villa
vsmanor
55 3.2

A large fancy house in the countryside or suburbs that people use as a holiday home

implies historic permanent rural residence rather than occasional holiday use
chateau
vsmanor
16 8.2

A large impressive country house in France, often like a small castle

is a general English rural house term without the regional or castle sense
country house
vsmanor
15 3.4

A large house in the countryside with its own land

highlights historic status as a lordly home rather than just impressive rural house
manor house
vsmanor
4 6.0

A large old country house once owned by a rich landowner

is the shorter form, omitting the explicit noun for house
stately home
vsmanor
  • UK
2 5.7

A large, impressive house in the country owned by a rich family

focuses more on historical lordly ownership than present aristocratic occupation
mansion house
vsmanor
1 4.0

A very large, impressive house where a rich family lives

is tied specifically to historical rural lordship rather than general wealth
countryseat
vsmanor
  • UK
9.4

A large house with land in the countryside that is the main home of a family

stresses historic ownership by a lord rather than general main residence

Compounds

4 6.0

A large old country house once owned by a rich landowner

A large main room in an old house or castle used for gatherings and ceremonies

How Big

palace
241 1.0
mansion
327 3.4
manor
67 5.8
country house
15 3.4
cottage
171 1.0

Surface Forms

manor singular
manors plural

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.