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maner

maner is the obsolete form of manner.

maner is the obsolete form of manor.

Meaning of manner

Noun

manner (plural manners)

  1. Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything.
    • The treacherous manner of his mournful death.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    method, style, form, fashion, way
  2. Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing.
    • His natural manner makes him seem like the boss.
  3. One's customary method of acting; habit.
    • These people have strange manners.
  4. Good, polite behaviour.
    • Harriet was not insensible of manner; she had voluntarily noticed her father’s gentleness with admiration as well as wonder. Mr. Martin looked as if he did not know what manner was.1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 4, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC
  5. The style of writing or thought of an author; the characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
  6. A certain degree or measure.
    • It is in a manner done already.

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Meaning of manor

Noun

manor (plural manors)

  1. A landed estate.
    • [T]he owners of Doddington Hall, in Lincolnshire, have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid in the grounds of the Elizabethan manor.2014 September 7, “Doddington's garden pyramid is a folly good show: The owners of a Lincolnshire stately home have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid [print edition...
  2. The main house of such an estate or a similar residence; a mansion.
  3. A district over which a feudal lord could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe.
  4. The lord's residence and seat of control in such a district.
  5. (UK, slang) Any home area or territory in which authority is exercised, often in a police or criminal context.
    • 'I'm a fatalist,' said Mr James Anderton, Chief Constable of Greater Manchester. [...] James Anderton in his suite of offices on the eleventh floor of the modern glass-and-concrete police building, looking out over his domain, his patch, his manor.1983, John Mortimer, In character, Allen Lane, page 77
  6. (London, slang) One's neighbourhood.
    • Beckham was asked what it would mean for the Olympics to be held in his old neighbourhood.
      "You mean my manor?" Beckham replied, in fluent East End argot. "I'm obviously from the East End, so it would be incredible for me if it was held there. It could go down as one of the best games in history."2005 July 5, Mark Oliver, “Beckham kicks off last minute Olympics campaigning”, in The Guardian

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Proper noun capitalized: Maner

Maner (plural Maners)

  1. A surname.

Forms of maner

Noun
pluralmaners
Proper noun
pluralManers

Origin of maner

From the German surname Mäner, from Middle High German mener (“cattle driver”).

Questions about maner

What does maner mean?
Maner means a surname.
What is maner the obsolete form of?
Maner is the obsolete form of manner.
What part of speech is maner?
Maner is a proper noun.

Words near maner in the dictionary

  1. manels
  2. Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur
  3. maneouvre
  4. manequin
  5. manequins
  6. maner
  7. manerial
  8. Maners
  9. Manervia
  10. manes
  11. maness

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