: 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
Recent Examples on the WebFrom a rubber dinghy adrift in the Caribbean to a safe house in New Orleans to the drafty English manor where the women’s training began decades earlier, the book sweeps through place and time. Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022 The guest rooms are outfitted with furnishings that would fit well in the backwoods manor of a Gilded Age robber baron. Boyce Upholt, Outside Online, 10 Aug. 2022 The original manor, built in the 1930s, served as a hunting lodge. Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2022 Upended by guilt and grief, she's booked two weeks at a house in the English countryside that turns out to exceed all Airbnb fantasies: a grand old manor owned by a jolly, horse-y type called Geoffrey (veteran British character actor Rory Kinnear). Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 9 May 2022 Behind a stone wall and wrought-iron gate is one of the most unique places in the city, a 10,800-square-foot Gatsby-era manor with 10-acres of European-style gardens. Anna Mazurek, Chron, 22 July 2022 The one-time reality stars are said to have acquired the LA manor in 2015 from film producer Oren Koules. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 July 2022 Occupying an Edwardian manor, with design cues borrowed from the exuberant stylings of 18th-century Paris, the Twenty Two also features a mews house that’s been transformed into a two-story suite. Laura Neilson, WSJ, 21 June 2022 Her life is one big exploration, too far-reaching even for the walls of a grand country manor. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Mar. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English maner, from Old French manoir, from manoir to sojourn, dwell, from Latin manēre — more at mansion