manor

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/ˈmænə(ɹ)/

noun

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noun
A large country house with land around it.
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noun
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A district over which a feudal lord could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe.

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Tom got lost inside the manor.
[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.
On his release from prison in Holland, Warren returned to his Merseyside 'manor' to resume his role as' King of Coke'.

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[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.
2014 September 7, “Doddington's garden pyramid is a folly good show: The owners of a Lincolnshire stately home have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyr...
'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.
1983, John Mortimer, In character, Allen Lane, page 77
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.
2006, Eugene McLaughlin, The New Policing, page 23
On his release from prison in Holland, Warren returned to his Merseyside 'manor' to resume his role as' King of Coke'.
2013, Nigel Blundell, The World's Most Evil Gangs, John Blake Publishing, →ISBN
Beckham was asked what it would mean for the Olympics to be held in his old neighbourhood. "You mean my manor?" Beckham replied, in fluent East End argot. "I'm obviously from the East End, so it would be incredible for me if it was held there. It could go down as one of the best games in history."
2005 July 5, Mark Oliver, “Beckham kicks off last minute Olympics campaigning”, in The Guardian

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From Middle English maner, manour; from Old French manoir, from earlier maneir, from Latin manēre. Doublet of maenor.