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Abstract Magnetoelectric (ME) materials have been attracting extensive attention due to their potential applications. It is important to realize strong ME effect in one single material at sufficiently high temperature, and thus substantial efforts in searching for ME materials with strong ME coupling together and a comprehensive understanding of the underlying mechanism is necessary. Herein we focus on the Mn-doped linear ME material Co4-xMnxNb2O9, in which a large electric polarization driven by magnetic field emerges below its Neel temperature TN, by presenting the detailed characterizations on the structure, magnetism, and ME effect. It is revealed that an increasing Mn substitution x allows largely enhanced TN and gradually suppressed ME coefficient αME. This ME coupling suppression is attributed to the weak spin-orbit interaction of Mn2+ with respect to Co2+. It is indicated that the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) interaction plays an important role in the ME coupling. The measured largest αME is found in For Co0.8Mn3.2Nb2O9, reaching up to 9.9 ps/m at 10 K while the TN reaches up to 102 K, exceeding most of the linear ME materials that have been reported.