manors

noun

plural of manor
as in mansions
a large impressive residence the old family manor has 117 rooms

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Recent Examples of manors 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 And, of course, there are plenty of castles, estates, and old manors to get your history fix. — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026 Blackwood, with her firsthand knowledge of drafty manors and unhinged families, explains with remorseless precision what lies behind the fantasy—what happens when the houses, and the people in them, are neither charismatic nor lovable. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 10 June 2026 Let alone seek revenge by annexing the manors of your enemies. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 4 Feb. 2026 Virginia‘s countryside is dotted with traditional farmhouses and manors, but one in the foothills of the Southwest Mountains has been given a contemporary twist by a New York architect. — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025 Designed for a Vanderbilt who never moved in, its monumental rooms were plucked from European manors and have somehow remained more or less unchanged for nearly a century. — Robert Khederian, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2025 Initial reports claimed that armed militias burned hundreds of wealthy landowners’ homes and manors. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025 Increasingly sophisticated contemporary hotels are opening, old manors are being converted into hotels, and eco-lodges are launching for the walker and nature seeker for whom the frequent rain is no obstacle. — Mary Lussiana, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manors
  1. mansions
  2. estates
  3. haciendas
  4. castles
  5. villas
  6. palaces
Noun
  • The backstory Like so many of the neighborhood’s Victorian mansions, this 1881 building was originally a private home.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 July 2026
  • Google is snatching up more office space in the South Florida metropolis, just as its cofounders are buying million-dollar mansions right on the waterfront.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 July 2026
Definition of mansions
Noun
  • Among these estates is Satemwa, which was founded in 1923 and later became the first in Malawi to be Fairtrade-certified.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 19 July 2026
  • Sotheby’s leaned heavily on the Robert Mnuchin Collection, the Lewis Collection and other major estates.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of estates
Noun
  • The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
  • While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.
    — Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 6 Dec. 2025
Definition of haciendas
Noun
  • Twenty-one hundred miles can already be walked, allowing visitors to view England’s famous headlands, cliffs, beaches, and dunes, as well as castles, oceanside resorts, and wartime relics.
    — Gloria Liu, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
  • Peel back the curtain, and there’s so much more to explore, from dramatic landscapes to ancient castles and abundant wildlife.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
Definition of castles
Noun
  • Newer to Flockhill are the villas (sleeps 2-4 people); Sugarloaf restaurant, which offers a seasonal set tasting menu; and a wellness spa with a gym, yoga studio, cedar sauna, and hot and cold plunge pools.
    — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 23 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, villas and public buildings are built to capture and store rainwater.
    — Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026
Definition of villas
Noun
  • Get a feel for the city's history first by touring one of its five Joseon Dynasty palaces.
    — Siobhan Grogan, TheWeek, 17 July 2026
  • Activities When the MFAA was first deployed to Italy, its scope of work included restoring and preserving structures such as churches and palaces, as well as recovering looted art.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026
Definition of palaces

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