manor house

noun

: the house of the lord of a manor

Examples of manor house in a Sentence

entertained everyone at their manor house after the wedding ceremony
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Named Seven Oaks Ranch, the 103-acre estate is anchored by a Tudor Revival manor house that blends into the rolling landscape of Happy Canyon. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2025 Schiffer currently lives in an Elizabethan Tudor manor house in Suffolk, England, with her husband, English filmmaker Matthew Vaughn, and their youngest daughter Cosima, who is 14. Sofia Celeste, WWD, 6 Mar. 2025 Parts of the manor house will open to the public this summer in time for the exhibition. Catherine Sabino, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 The manor house’s location had been a mystery for years. Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for manor house

Word History

First Known Use

1575, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of manor house was in 1575

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“Manor house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manor%20house. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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manor house

noun
: the house of the lord of a manor

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