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DictionarymanorCountry estate
noun

manor

MAN-er/ˈmænər/

A large country house and its surrounding estate.

The manor stands amid broad lawns, fields, and mature trees.

A large English country manor house with surrounding lawns, fields and trees, main house and estate clearly visible, no lettering.
Etymology
manorLatinto stay, dwell

The root means “to stay” or “dwell,” making a manor fundamentally a dwelling place. The word came to name an estate’s principal house and the estate itself.

In context

Switching Lives1:16
You would be expected to manage tenant disputes, collect rents, maintain the small fortified house or manor that marked your family's status, and personally answer for any unrest on your land.
Your Life As Every Level Of European Nobility

More examples

  • The family opened the manor to visitors.
  • Several old manors survive in the county.
  • A long drive led toward the manor.

Forms

manor · manors

Similar words

estate
Usually emphasizes the property and land as a whole.
mansion
A mansion is a large house, not the surrounding estate or historical holding.