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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the mansion of a lord or wealthy person [syn: manor, manor house]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1575 the house of the lord of a manor

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Manor Man"or, n. [OE. maner, OF. maneir habitation, village, F. manoir manor, prop. the OF. inf. maneir to stay, remain, dwell, L. manere, and so called because it was the permanent residence of the lord and of his tenants. See Mansion, and cf. Remain.] 1. (Eng. Law) The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family. My manors, rents, revenues, l forego. --Shak. Note: In these days, a manor rather signifies the jurisdiction and royalty incorporeal, than the land or site, for a man may have a manor in gross, as the law terms it, that is, the right and interest of a court-baron, with the perquisites thereto belonging. 2. (American Law) A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing certain stipulated services. --Burrill. Manor house, or Manor seat, the house belonging to a manor.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(manor houses) A manor house is the main house that is or was on a medieval manor. (BRIT) N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

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