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   man·or

   /ˈmanər/

   noun

   • 1. a large country house with lands; the principal house of a landed estate.
   • ▪ (especially in England and Wales) a unit of land, originally a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and lands rented to tenants.
   • ▪ (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.

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. manorial adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • M

     3

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

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