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