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manor

noun

ˈma-nər How to pronounce manor (audio)
Definition of manornext
as in mansion
a large impressive residence the old family manor has 117 rooms

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Recent Examples of manor For a honeymoon, Ireland offers everything from castle estates and countryside manors to dramatic coastlines and quiet villages. — Bryan West, USA Today, 7 July 2026 Madonna never set out to become a classic British lady of the manor, however, until fate intervened when she was introduced to Hugo Vickers, Cecil Beaton's suave biographer, through a mutual friend in 1998. — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026 There are several notable Irish castle and manor estate properties around the country, but few give you the chance to earn or redeem points for your visit. — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Hallowed Halls turns your home into a stately Victorian manor, complete with spooky portraits, eerie black-and-gold decor, and even a few séance essentials. — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for manor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manor
  1. mansion
  2. castle
  3. hacienda
  4. estate
  5. villa
  6. palace
Noun
  • Manchin narrowly defeated Morrisey in 2018, but Morrisey mounted a political comeback in 2024 by emerging from a crowded GOP primary and winning the governor’s mansion.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • There’s no need to choose between work and play at this Atlanta mansion in the historic Tuxedo Park neighborhood, which has a terrace level dedicated completely to entertainment.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of mansion
Noun
  • The movie will shoot in a castle near the famous Loch Ness, just outside Inverness in Scotland.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026
  • For one thing, a positive surface swab still wouldn’t confirm the castle was the source.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of castle
Noun
  • Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Situated at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, Marilyn purchased the 1929 Spanish Colonial Revival-style hacienda for $75,000 in early 1962.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of hacienda
Noun
  • Bloomberg added or extended more than 40 historic districts and passed more than 80 neighborhood downzonings, while Bill de Blasio and Eric Adams were much more accommodating to real-estate interests.
    — David Freedlander, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The estate of the late former Mastodon member Brent Hinds has filed a lawsuit against the Atlanta metal band, claiming the guitarist is still owed money for his share in the group.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of estate
Noun
  • Where to stay Following the success of its sister resort in Sumba (to the west of Rote), the 21-villa Nihi Rote and Hospitality Academy on Bo’a Beach opens the renowned surf sites to top-end travelers.
    — Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The same might be said of Stealing Beauty, which starred Liv Tyler as a 19-year-old American spending the summer at a Tuscan villa with the culturati friends of her poet mother, who has recently committed suicide.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of villa
Noun
  • When Meghan was a working royal, the palace essentially controlled her life and public image.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Our home, a 3-story, 11-bedroom palace with with an arcade and a slide between floors three and two, couldn’t have been more perfect for our group.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of palace

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