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
Home was Hovingham Hall, a grand manor house that had been in the family for centuries.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 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
Just beyond the iron-gated entrance, about a football field's length away, stood a large two-story manor house surrounded by a park and garden.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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