manor house

See also: manorhouse

English

Noun

manor house (plural manor houses)

  1. (UK) The main house on a landed estate.
    Coordinate term: country house
    Near-synonyms: great house, great hall
  2. The house of the lord of the manor.
    • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 134, about Corfe Castle:
      Many of the houses have neat little dormer windows and tall stone chimneys, and Corfe's older buildings include the fine old manor house.

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