MANOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does manor mean? 

• MANOR (noun)
  The noun MANOR has 2 senses:

1. the mansion of a lord or wealthy person

2. the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it)

  Familiarity information: MANOR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The mansion of a lord or wealthy person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

manor; manor house

Hypernyms ("manor" is a kind of...):

hall; manse; mansion; mansion house; residence (a large and imposing house)

Derivation:

manorial (of or relating to or based on the manor)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The landed estate of a lord (including the house on it)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("manor" is a kind of...):

acres; demesne; estate; land; landed estate (extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use)

Derivation:

manorial (of or relating to or based on the manor)

 Context examples 

When you have killed all your own birds, Mr. Bingley, said her mother, I beg you will come here, and shoot as many as you please on Mr. Bennet's manor.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

In showing kindness to his cousins therefore he had the real satisfaction of a good heart; and in settling a family of females only in his cottage, he had all the satisfaction of a sportsman; for a sportsman, though he esteems only those of his sex who are sportsmen likewise, is not often desirous of encouraging their taste by admitting them to a residence within his own manor.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Meg could walk in the conservatory whenever she liked and revel in bouquets, Jo browsed over the new library voraciously, and convulsed the old gentleman with her criticisms, Amy copied pictures and enjoyed beauty to her heart's content, and Laurie played 'lord of the manor' in the most delightful style.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

His father could trace his pure Saxon lineage back to that Godfrey Malf who had held the manors of Bisterne and of Minstead at the time when the Norman first set mailed foot upon English soil.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr Shepherd hastened to assure him, that Admiral Croft was a very hale, hearty, well-looking man, a little weather-beaten, to be sure, but not much, and quite the gentleman in all his notions and behaviour; not likely to make the smallest difficulty about terms, only wanted a comfortable home, and to get into it as soon as possible; knew he must pay for his convenience; knew what rent a ready-furnished house of that consequence might fetch; should not have been surprised if Sir Walter had asked more; had inquired about the manor; would be glad of the deputation, certainly, but made no great point of it; said he sometimes took out a gun, but never killed; quite the gentleman.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Mr. Bingley intended it likewise, and sometimes made choice of his county; but as he was now provided with a good house and the liberty of a manor, it was doubtful to many of those who best knew the easiness of his temper, whether he might not spend the remainder of his days at Netherfield, and leave the next generation to purchase.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)