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manor house

American  

noun

  1. the house of the lord of a manor.


manor house British  

noun

  1. (esp formerly) the house of the lord of a manor

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of manor house

First recorded in 1565–75

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Yeates, a 25-year-old landscape architect, had recently moved into an apartment in a converted manor house when she essentially vanished.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 31, 2025

The village and a manor house in the area have been under heavy security since Vance's arrival on Sunday evening.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2025

In the lush countryside linking off radar Corrèze to the Lot region in Southwest France, almost hugging the banks of the Dordogne river, a striking 19th-century manor house recently underwent a dramatic reconstruction.

From New York Times Mar. 28, 2024

He gave a pair of recitals on the day, one at the manor house in Zelazowa Wola where Chopin was born in 1810, now a museum, and the other at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw.

From Seattle Times Mar. 5, 2024

After his lunch with Alan Blunt and Mrs. Jones, he had been moved out of the manor house and into a crude wooden hut a few miles away.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

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