manor

noun

ˈma-nər How to pronounce manor (audio)
Definition of manornext
as in mansion
a large impressive residence the old family manor has 117 rooms

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Recent Examples of manor In a California town called Anzar in the late-19th century, Paulette is living with a local magnate’s eccentric son who’s fascinated by the tramps gathering outside his manor. — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026 Evidently, Madonna was going industrial—the furthest possible cry from her lady-of-the-manor period in the early years of this century, when she was seen fetchingly clad in rustic tweeds. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 July 2026 For a honeymoon, Ireland offers everything from castle estates and countryside manors to dramatic coastlines and quiet villages. — Bryan West, USA Today, 7 July 2026 Madonna never set out to become a classic British lady of the manor, however, until fate intervened when she was introduced to Hugo Vickers, Cecil Beaton's suave biographer, through a mutual friend in 1998. — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for manor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manor
  1. mansion
  2. castle
  3. hacienda
  4. estate
  5. villa
  6. palace
Noun
  • Mia Wasikowska plays a woman who moves to a remote mansion with her new husband (Tom Hiddleston) and his sister (Jessica Chastain) and discovers the secrets buried in the earth.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
  • For some of the world’s richest people, buying a mansion is the first in a string of many purchases.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of mansion
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  • This castle is old—so old that an Anglo-Norman lord built it in 1180.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Moments later, MacKinney storms in, kills one of Colum’s guards, and orders his men to round up the castle’s women and sequester them in the chapel.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of castle
Noun
  • Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Situated at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, Marilyn purchased the 1929 Spanish Colonial Revival-style hacienda for $75,000 in early 1962.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of hacienda
Noun
  • In 1997, a civil jury found Simpson liable for wrongful death in the double murder and Simpson was ordered to pay millions in damages to the Goldmans and to Brown Simpson's estate.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • To do the job, she’s invited to the remote Vermont estate where Verity lives with husband Jeremy (Josh Hartnett) and their son.
    — Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of estate
Noun
  • There are 63 villas (most with sea views, some with beach views, with either one or two bedrooms) and currently 14 private homes.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of villa
Noun
  • Unlike other pipe organs, these engineering marvels have percussive sound effects for thunderclaps, horse hooves and train whistles, perfect for old movie palaces.
    — Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
  • His uncertain fate plays out in the present-day imagination of an unnamed curator of unspecified gender, who has been employed by the palace to dress some of its rooms for public viewing in the wake of an undescribed personal tragedy.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of palace

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“Manor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manor. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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