Manor

Quick meaning: Manor is a noun meaning A landed estate.

Meaning

A landed estate.

More Meanings

1. The main house of such an estate or a similar residence; a mansion.
2. A district over which a feudal lord could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe.
3. The lord's residence and seat of control in such a district.
4. (UK, slang) Any home area or territory in which authority is exercised, often in a police or criminal context.
5. (London, slang) One's neighbourhood.

Example Sentences

On his release from prison in Holland, Warren returned to his Merseyside 'manor' to resume his role as' King of Coke'.

Dixon, who was finally promoted to sergeant in 1964, policed his 'Dock Green' manor until May 1976 and 'Evening, all' had become a national catchphrase.

[T]he owners of Doddington Hall, in Lincolnshire, have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid in the grounds of the Elizabethan manor.

'I'm a fatalist,' said Mr James Anderton, Chief Constable of Greater Manchester. [...] James Anderton in his suite of offices on the eleventh floor of the modern glass-and-concrete police building, looking out over his domain, his patch, his manor.

Word Forms

• manors
• manour

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include manoir, mansion, house, chateau, castle, territory.

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