maner

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See also: Maner, mâner, Mâner, and måner

English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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maner (plural maners)

  1. Obsolete form of manner.
    • 1603, Plutarch, “The Contradictions of Stociek philoſophers”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals [], London: [] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 1068:
      Thoſe teachers that be of the wiſer ſort, cal for their ſchoolage and minervals of their ſcholars, not all after one maner, but diverſly: a number of them, according as the preſent occaſion requireth, who promiſe not to make them wiſe men, and that within a yeere; []

Etymology 2

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Noun

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maner (plural maners)

  1. Obsolete form of manor.

Danish

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Noun

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maner c

  1. indefinite plural of man

Verb

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maner

  1. present of mane

Latin

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Verb

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māner

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of mānō

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old French manoir, from Latin manēre (to stay).

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /manˈɛːr/, /ˈmanər/, /manˈuːr/

Noun

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maner (plural maneres)

  1. A manorial estate or property; a manor.
  2. A mansion; the house on such an estate.
  3. (figurative, Late Middle English, rare) Any dwelling or abode.
Descendants
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  • English: manor
  • Scots: maner
  • Middle Irish: mainér
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman manere, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin manuāria, from manuarius.

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /manˈɛːr(ə)/, /ˈmanər(ə)/, /maːnˈɛːr(ə)/, /ˈmaːnər(ə)/

Noun

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maner (plural maneres or maner)

  1. The manner, way, fashion or method in which something is done or performed:
    1. The usual practice or custom of someone; that which one is wont to do.
    2. One's behaviour or actions; manners, especially if commendable.
    3. A group of people's customs, practices, or traditions.
    4. A moral code or precept; guidelines or recommendations.
  2. A sort, kind, or group; an ethnicity or people.
  3. A genre, format, or variety of art or literature.
  4. The characteristics, state, composition or structure of something; its innate nature.
  5. The situation or conditions surrounding an event.
  6. Temperance; withholding oneself from excess.
  7. Justification; reason, basis, cause.
  8. (rare) A provision; a statement depending on a condition.
  9. (rare) A restriction or bound.
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Determiner

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maner

  1. (in Wycliffe) some specifically, certain, these
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Welsh

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Noun

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maner

  1. Nasal mutation of baner.