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a
: a unit of English rural territorial organization
especially
: such a unit in the Middle Ages consisting of an estate under a lord enjoying a variety of rights over land and tenants including the right to hold court
b
: a tract of land in North America occupied by tenants who pay a fixed rent in money or kind to the proprietor
Phrases
to the manor born
: born into circumstances of wealth and privilege
was to the manor born but as a politician he acquired some proletarian touches—
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the old family manor has 117 rooms
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The owner collected antiques from movie and TV sets, his favorite London hotels, and at least 50 manor estates.
—Katie Nanton, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2025
This doesn’t sit well with Mia’s very jealous ex-boyfriend Connor (Aramis Knight, oozing villainy as if to the Karate Kid manor born), who gives Li a black eye with a vicious sucker punch.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2025
For longer trips, say to the grandkids’ home in a distant state or to our manor across the Atlantic in the Cotswolds, our personal pilot would fly us there in our Embraer Phenom 300 jet.
—Herb Cromwell, Baltimore Sun, 18 May 2025
In an Edwardian manor near Grosvenor Square—where sprawling shopping destinations Regents Street and New Bond Street are there for window gawking—the 31 rooms prove to be a welcome respite from city noise.
—Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2025
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Katie Nanton, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2025
This doesn’t sit well with Mia’s very jealous ex-boyfriend Connor (Aramis Knight, oozing villainy as if to the Karate Kid manor born), who gives Li a black eye with a vicious sucker punch.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2025
For longer trips, say to the grandkids’ home in a distant state or to our manor across the Atlantic in the Cotswolds, our personal pilot would fly us there in our Embraer Phenom 300 jet.
—Herb Cromwell, Baltimore Sun, 18 May 2025
In an Edwardian manor near Grosvenor Square—where sprawling shopping destinations Regents Street and New Bond Street are there for window gawking—the 31 rooms prove to be a welcome respite from city noise.
—Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for manor
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“Manor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manor. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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