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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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Albert ScardinoExamples of manor in a Sentence
the old family manor has 117 rooms
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The tragic death of the Sepulveda family patriarch calls his descendants back to Villa Sepulveda, a Spanish colonial manor in a coconut plantation; but a landslide traps the guests inside, transforming the funeral plans into a supernatural reckoning of sins.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
New this year inside the manor will be 11 rooms decorated to bring the home's historic characteristics to life.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 30 Oct. 2025
That’s certainly true of this 1932 creep-fest, about a group of travelers stranded overnight at a foreboding Welsh manor that has more than one secret stashed away in its many upper rooms.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
The Whitehouse—a grand Georgian manor facing the bleak Essex salt marshes—had been locked from the inside when the family’s bodies were discovered.
—Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
New this year inside the manor will be 11 rooms decorated to bring the home's historic characteristics to life.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 30 Oct. 2025
That’s certainly true of this 1932 creep-fest, about a group of travelers stranded overnight at a foreboding Welsh manor that has more than one secret stashed away in its many upper rooms.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
The Whitehouse—a grand Georgian manor facing the bleak Essex salt marshes—had been locked from the inside when the family’s bodies were discovered.
—Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 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 11 Nov. 2025.
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