country manor

collocation in English

meaningsofcountryandmanor

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country
noun
uk
/ˈkʌn.tri/us
/ˈkʌn.tri/
an area of land that has its own government, ...
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manor
noun
uk
/ˈmæn.ər/us
/ˈmæn.ɚ/
a large old house in the country with land belonging to it, especially ...
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(Definition ofcountryandmanorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is a typical example of acountrymanorof a minor noble family from that time.
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I literally heard it in front of a roaring fire in acountrymanorhouse!
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He built acountrymanorhouse in the valley three years later.
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With only these three adults for company, the children live an isolated life in the sprawlingcountrymanorestate.
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He demolished the old castle, except for the keep and curtain walls, and had a renaissancecountrymanorbuilt.
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His contemporaries, or other people with substantial wealth, were moving out of the grimy cities to the more desirablecountrymanoror suburban areas.
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In 1668 a wealthy family built acountrymanorhouse on the remains of a medieval castle on the edge of the village.
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The original school operated out of a largecountrymanorhouse.
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The old tower was rebuilt as a baroque tower house and the castle converted into acountrymanorhouse.
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Like the characters in his novels, he romantically dreamed of a life happily ever after, lord of acountrymanor.
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It concerns a group of people on a remotecountrymanorwho discover that one of their numbers is a ravenous werewolf.
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