manor house
the house of the lord of a manor.
Origin of manor house
1- Also called mansion.
Words Nearby manor house
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How to use manor house in a sentence
The office is standard Universal issue, sort of a pseudo English manor house.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the others are there too: the villagers on the estate, the gamekeepers, and the servants who work in the manor house.
The Final Shoot: How an English Country Novel Set in 1913 Explains 2013 | Ilana Bet-El | November 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe stayed with Royal family friend Count Tibor Kalnoky in a 16th Century manor house.
The 10-bedroom manor house has its own staff and a well-stocked wine cellar.
Our guide pointed out the spot where once stood the manor-house of Woodstock, torn down about a hundred years ago.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. Murphy
Beechfield Hall was the name of the old manor-house in which the Vanes had lived for many generations.
A Life Sentence | Adeline SergeantOne obtains a clearer understanding of the imposing character of this manor house from Fithian's comments regarding it.
Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774. | Philip Vickers FithianWhere, then, was our fine Lord looking down from his costly manor-house upon his men sweating and toiling in the fields?
Robert Annys: Poor Priest | Annie Nathan MeyerWhen divine service is over, he leaves the whip and purse at the manor house.
British Dictionary definitions for manor house
(esp formerly) the house of the lord of a manor
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