manor house
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of manor house
First recorded in 1565–75
Example Sentences
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We’re in the middle of nowhere in the north of England in an old manor house where her wedding was.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026
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
A 14-year-old girl has been arrested after a fire engulfed an abandoned Grade I-listed manor house that had stood for hundreds of years in Liverpool.
From BBC • Aug. 21, 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
Inside the manor house there was always a faint smell from the oil lamps that were lit every evening—for there was no electricity.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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