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   manor

   /ˈmanə/

   noun

   • 1. a large country house with lands: "a Tudor manor house in the English countryside"
   • ▪ (in England and Wales) a unit of land, originally a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and lands rented to tenants: historical "the right to mine ores within the manor of Little Langdale"
   • ▪ (in North America) an estate or district leased to tenants, especially one granted by royal charter in a British colony or by the Dutch governors of what is now New York State. historical
   • 2. the district covered by a police station: informal British "they were the undisputed rulers of their manor"
   • ▪ one's own neighbourhood or area of operation: "much as I love my manor in East London, we have absolutely nothing like this back home"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French maner ‘dwelling’, from Latin manere ‘remain’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. manorial adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • M

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   • A

     1

   • N

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   • O

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   • R

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