to the manor born

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   From an upper class or wealthy family.

   • Near-synonyms: born to the purple, born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
   • In fact, he was to the manor born. He was a fifth-generation Washingtonian, born in the national capital on April 30, 1903; there he resided until his death on August 20, 1966.
   • None of these financiers was to the manor born. Cornelius Vanderbilt had to leave school at age eleven to help his father. Daniel Drew was born on a farm, and Jay Gould was paid two dollars a week as a blacksmith's assistant.
2. 2

   Eggcorn of to the manner born.

   • Presently he arrived and mounted the granite boulder as if to the manor born.

The neighborhood