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
Since 2021, their wins have included all-expenses-paid holidays to Colombia and Norway, a £6,000 trip to Wrexham AFC, a Euros weekend at an English manor house and a £4,000 diamond ring.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2024
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
In the distance, a large manor house sat on a loaf of frozen earth.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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