as in mansion
a large impressive residence
the old family manor has 117 rooms
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Recent Examples of manor
Unlike the 25 guest rooms in the manor, the cottages are equipped with a mini-fridge and television.
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Tykesha Burton, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2024
Click here for more photos of this countryside Georgian manor.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2024
There, a young real-estate agent named Thomas Hutter (played by Nicholas Hoult) is dispatched by his boss, Herr Knock (Simon McBurney), to a castle in Transylvania, to conclude the sale of a decrepit manor in Wisburg to the mysterious, reclusive Count Orlok.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
The name feels supremely fitting for the location, a colorful Caribbean manor on a hilltop where guests can dine on a breezy patio overlooking the bay.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2024
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Tykesha Burton, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2024
Click here for more photos of this countryside Georgian manor.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2024
There, a young real-estate agent named Thomas Hutter (played by Nicholas Hoult) is dispatched by his boss, Herr Knock (Simon McBurney), to a castle in Transylvania, to conclude the sale of a decrepit manor in Wisburg to the mysterious, reclusive Count Orlok.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
The name feels supremely fitting for the location, a colorful Caribbean manor on a hilltop where guests can dine on a breezy patio overlooking the bay.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manor
Noun
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In June, Sacks, previously a Trump critic, hosted a fundraiser at his Pacific Heights mansion that raised $12 million for the Republican leader’s presidential campaign.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
5 Feb. 2025
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News that Lopez and Affleck were selling their marital mansion broke last June, months after speculation began that they were headed for divorce.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
1 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile her brother Jaden Smith arrived at the 2025 Grammy Awards while wearing a Louis Vuitton tuxedo and a castle as a bonnet.—
Marissa Muller,
WWD,
2 Feb. 2025
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Workers began building Sforza in 1358, but the castle was destroyed during a period of political unrest about a century later.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Jan. 2025
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The film, macabre and atmospheric from start to finish, relocates the classic folklore to an isolated hacienda in a Mexican village where a young woman has returned to bury her aunt.—
DeAnna Janes,
Harper's BAZAAR,
28 Aug. 2023
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She was born on May 29, 1917 and grew up in a hacienda in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.—
Natalia Torija Nieto,
ELLE Decor,
28 Sep. 2022
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Among the producers of Michael are co-executors of the Jackson estate John Branca and John McClain.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Murdoch is known to spend time at the estate, parts of which were scorched during the Skirball fire in 2017.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The villa began life in 1928 as the Los Angeles Times Demonstration Home—a flagship of an élite new development, the Miramar Estates.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2025
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The movie revolves around Mehdi, 25, who is invited to spend a quiet summer with his girlfriend Garance and his in-laws in the south of France, and sees their trip turn into chaos after a conflict breaks out between Garance’s family and the villa’s caretakers couple.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
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That means putting it in public museums, rather than the traditional palaces of ceremonial monarchs.—
Ralph Leonard,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2025
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According to the palace’s post on X, the photo was taken by her six-year old son Prince Louis.—
Max Saltman,
CNN,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Manor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manor. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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