manor house

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noun

the house of the lord of a manor.

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Also called mansion.

Origin of manor house

First recorded in 1565–75

Words nearby manor house

manolete, manometer, manon, manon lescaut, manor, manor house, manorial system, manorialism, manorialize, manoscopy, manpanzee

Example sentences from the Web for manor house

Did she hold a lease of the manor and manor-house of Hampton of the Knights Hospitallers?
Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 90, July 19, 1851|Various
But I have some smart cousins up in the garden at the manor-house.
The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories|Carl Ewald
This table is considered as an heir loom in the family of Mr. Gill, and if removed at all, has been removed to the manor-house.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 472|Various
From the manor-house to Scarborough there was a distance of twenty odd miles, and therefore we rode our horses.
In the Days of Drake|J. S. Fletcher

A contemporary writer, in 1648, described Mathews' plantation as a miniature village, at the center of which was the manor-house.
Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century|Annie Lash Jester

British Dictionary definitions for manor house

manor house

noun

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

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manor house

noun

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