manor
manor Lexical Profile
manor Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A large country house or mansion, typically serving as the principal residence of a landed estate.
"The wealthy industrialist purchased a sprawling nineteenth-century manor in the English countryside."
A historical unit of land or an estate originally functioning as a feudal lordship, consisting of the lord's private land and the land rented to tenants.
"During the Middle Ages, the local lord governed the manor and collected taxes from the serfs who worked the surrounding fields."
Word Nuance & Usage
Care should be taken not to confuse 'manor' (a large country house or estate) with its homophone 'manner' (a way in which a thing is done or happens).
• Rhymes for manor
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'maner', borrowed from Anglo-French 'maner' or 'manoir' (meaning 'dwelling' or 'residence'), which stems from the verb 'maneir' (to dwell), ultimately derived from Latin 'manēre' (to remain or dwell).