manor

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manor/ˈmanə(r)/

▶noun Brit.

• 1 a large country house with lands.

• 2 chiefly historical (especially in England and Wales) a unit of land, originally a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and lands rented to tenants.

• 3 informal one's home territory or area of operation.

– derivatives
manorial /məˈnɔːrɪəl/ adjective.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. maner ‘dwelling’, from L. manere ‘remain’.