Capital manse, the manor house, or lord's court.
Man"serv`ant (?), n. A male servant.
Man"sion (?), n. [OF. mansion, F. maison, fr. L. mansio a staying,
remaining, a dwelling, habitation, fr. manere, mansum, to stay, dwell;
akin to Gr. &?;. Cf. Manse, Manor, Menagerie, Menial, Permanent.] 1. A
dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter.
[Obs.]
In my Father's house are many mansions.
John xiv. 2.
These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave their mansions
keep.
Den&?;am.
2. The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of
considerable size or pretension.
3. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8.
Chaucer.
4. The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in its
monthly revolution. [Obs.]
The eight and twenty mansions That longen to the moon.
Chaucer.
Mansion house, the house in which one resides; specifically, in London
and some other cities, the official residence of the Lord Mayor.
Blackstone.
Man"sion, v. i. To dwell; to reside. [Obs.] Mede.
Man"sion*a*ry (?), a. Resident; residentiary; as, mansionary canons.
Man"sion*ry (?), n. The state of dwelling or residing; occupancy as a
dwelling place. [Obs.] Shak.
Man"slaugh`ter (?), n. 1. The slaying of a human being; destruction of
men. Milton.
2. (Law) The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligence or
incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without
specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger.
Man"slay`er (?), n. One who kills a human being; one who commits
manslaughter.
Man"steal`er (?), n. A person who steals or kidnaps a human being or
beings.
Man"steal`ing, n. The act or business of stealing or kidnaping human
beings, especially with a view to e&?;slave them.
Man"suete (?), a. [L. mansuetus, p. p. of mansuescere to tame; manus
hand + suescere to accustom: cf. F. mansuet.] Tame; gentle; kind.
[Obs.] Ray.
Man"sue*tude (?), n. [L. mansuetudo: cf. F. mansuétude.] Tameness;
gentleness; mildness. [Archaic]
Man"swear` (?), v. i. To swear falsely. Same as Mainswear.
||Man"ta (?), n. [From the native name.] (Zoöl.) See Cephaloptera and
||Sea devil.
Mant*choo" (?), a. & n. Same as Manchu.
||Man`teau" (?), n.; pl. F. Manteaux (#), E. Manteaus (#). [F. See
||Mantle, n.] 1. A woman's cloak or mantle.