manor house

noun

: the house of the lord of a manor

Examples of manor house in a Sentence

entertained everyone at their manor house after the wedding ceremony
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Beginning around the mid-19th century, middle-class Americans began to idealize the velvety green grass of European manor houses, according to the Smithsonian Institution. Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025 Le Coual is a 16th-century stone manor house in southwestern France that has been in her family for over 50 years. Jessica Booth, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Eyes Wide Shut, with Hedda and her new husband throwing a bacchanal of a party in a manor house. Ben Jureidini, Them., 22 Aug. 2025 Vance and his family—including his wife, Usha, 39, and children, Ewan, 8, Vivek, 5, and Mirabel, 3—pitched up this week at a manor house in the Cotswolds with a full entourage. Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for manor house

Word History

First Known Use

1575, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of manor house was in 1575

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“Manor house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manor%20house. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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manor house

noun
: the house of the lord of a manor

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