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manor

[man-er] / ˈmæn ər /
NOUN
large house
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Her work included enlarging and remodelling the medieval manor at Hardwick, now known as Hardwick Old Hall.

From BBC Apr. 26, 2026

His father Gyozo Orban, who is 85, owns several building material companies as well as the historic Hatvanpuszta estate he had rebuilt into a luxurious manor worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

From Barron's Mar. 27, 2026

A classic manor house mystery, which revived the genre when it became a hit in 2019, “Knives Out” is the ideal blend of mystery and wit, with a cast of characters to keep you company.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 10, 2025

An area on the ground floor of the manor was being set up as a welcome center, gift shop, café and mini-theater.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

A handsome manor house grew out of the darkness at the end of the straight drive, lights glinting in the diamond-paned downstairs windows.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Think of the manors in “Clue,” or “Murder By Death.”

From Salon Mar. 20, 2025

But Moorish-style manors, with horseshoe arches and keyhole windows, often sit beside boxy, white, Bauhaus-inspired villas on the coastal escarpment, so the discomfort is probably worth it.

From Washington Post Nov. 18, 2021

Alongside alluring beaches, the remnants of those manors stand today, many of them in various stages of crumbling.

From Washington Post Dec. 6, 2018

The protagonist of James’s era — the scholar in his dim library — was supplanted in our imaginations by curious young women roaming gloomy manors and innocently unleashing hell.

From New York Times Oct. 22, 2018

He wrote more about Ayortha than I ever wished to know: how the guilds were structured; the number of gallons of milk produced in a year by one Ayorthaian cow; the construction of their manors.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine




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