1. 1. A landed estate.
   2. The main house on an estate; a mansion.
2. A tract of land in certain North American colonies with hereditary rights granted to the proprietor by royal charter.
3. 1. The district over which a lord had domain and could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe.
   2. The lord's residence in such a district.

[Middle English, from Old French maneir, manoir, to dwell, manor, from Latin manēre, to remain.]

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