as in mansion
a large impressive residence
the old family manor has 117 rooms
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Recent Examples of manor
Between the sea and moor A roomy manor does not appeal to me.
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New York Times Games, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
Unlike the 25 guest rooms in the manor, the cottages are equipped with a mini-fridge and television.
—Tykesha Burton, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2024
Click here for more photos of this countryside Georgian manor.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2024
There, a young real-estate agent named Thomas Hutter (played by Nicholas Hoult) is dispatched by his boss, Herr Knock (Simon McBurney), to a castle in Transylvania, to conclude the sale of a decrepit manor in Wisburg to the mysterious, reclusive Count Orlok.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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New York Times Games, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
Unlike the 25 guest rooms in the manor, the cottages are equipped with a mini-fridge and television.
—Tykesha Burton, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2024
Click here for more photos of this countryside Georgian manor.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2024
There, a young real-estate agent named Thomas Hutter (played by Nicholas Hoult) is dispatched by his boss, Herr Knock (Simon McBurney), to a castle in Transylvania, to conclude the sale of a decrepit manor in Wisburg to the mysterious, reclusive Count Orlok.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manor
Noun
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In June, Sacks, previously a Trump critic, hosted a fundraiser at his Pacific Heights mansion that raised $12 million for the Republican leader’s presidential campaign.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
5 Feb. 2025
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News that Lopez and Affleck were selling their marital mansion broke last June, months after speculation began that they were headed for divorce.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
1 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile her brother Jaden Smith arrived at the 2025 Grammy Awards while wearing a Louis Vuitton tuxedo and a castle as a bonnet.—
Marissa Muller,
WWD,
2 Feb. 2025
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Workers began building Sforza in 1358, but the castle was destroyed during a period of political unrest about a century later.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Jan. 2025
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The film, macabre and atmospheric from start to finish, relocates the classic folklore to an isolated hacienda in a Mexican village where a young woman has returned to bury her aunt.—
DeAnna Janes,
Harper's BAZAAR,
28 Aug. 2023
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She was born on May 29, 1917 and grew up in a hacienda in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.—
Natalia Torija Nieto,
ELLE Decor,
28 Sep. 2022
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The estate of Bob Marley has lined up a series of events to celebrate what would have been the reggae legend’s 80th birthday.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
5 Feb. 2025
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Last year, Douglas Elliman’s Chris Leavitt sold Palm Beach’s only private island — the remarkable 10 Tarpon Isle — for $150 million, marking the highest-ever sale price for a Palm Beach estate.—
Douglas Elliman Real Estate,
Miami Herald,
3 Feb. 2025
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The villa began life in 1928 as the Los Angeles Times Demonstration Home—a flagship of an élite new development, the Miramar Estates.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2025
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The Houston native’s time in the villa looks to have earned Page an impressive social media following of over 4.4 million fans across Instagram and TikTok alone.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
31 Jan. 2025
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That means putting it in public museums, rather than the traditional palaces of ceremonial monarchs.—
Ralph Leonard,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2025
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According to the palace’s post on X, the photo was taken by her six-year old son Prince Louis.—
Max Saltman,
CNN,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Manor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manor. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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