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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Used as an honorific in French-speaking areas, especially as accorded to princes and prelates.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A French title of honor, equivalent to ‘my lord,’ given to princes, bishops, and other dignitaries of the church or court. At different times the meaning has been considerably extended. Abbreviated Mgr.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun My lord; -- a title in France of a person of high birth or rank. It was given, specifically, to the dauphin, before the Revolution of 1789. (Abbrev. Mgr.)

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Alternative capitalization of monseigneur

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from Old French : mon, my; see Monsieur + seignor, lord, sir; see seignior.]

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