Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man of rank, especially a feudal lord.
- noun Used as a form of address for such a man.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lord; a gentleman; used as a title of honor or customary address, ‘sir.’ See sir, signor, señor.
- noun In feudal law, the lord of a fee or manor.
- noun A great personage or dignitary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A lord; the lord of a manor.
- noun A title of honor or of address in the South of Europe, corresponding to
Sir orMr . in English. - noun the sultan of Turkey.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A feudal lord; nobleman who held his lands by feudal grant; any lord (holder) of a manor; a gentleman.
- noun A title of respect, formerly corresponding (especially in France) approximately to Sir.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a man of rank in the ancient regime
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Started on a course not his own, he gives, buys, builds, and exchanges; he assists those belonging to his own society, doing everything in a style becoming to a grand seignior, that is to say, throwing money away by handfuls.
The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860
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He behaved with the autocratic entitlement of an old-time seignior, but for him the liaisons were as passionately emotional an d artistic as they were sexual.
The Passions of an Impresario Joel Lobenthal 2010
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“As you will, my good seignior,” replied the Bohemian.
Quentin Durward 2008
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Who would believe that the souls of Garasse, Nonnotte, Paulian, Fréron, and he of Langliviet, calling himself La Beaumelle, were in this respect of the same temper as those of Cæsar, Cicero, St. Cyril, and of the secretary of the grand seignior?
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Disdain, even disgust, on the part of the proprietor and seignior for the cultivator and the artisan whose work supported him is one of the most characteristic features of the middle age...the peasant was a creature to exploit at home, and to destroy abroad, and nothing more.
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Disdain, even disgust, on the part of the proprietor and seignior for the cultivator and the artisan whose work supported him is one of the most characteristic features of the middle age...the peasant was a creature to exploit at home, and to destroy abroad, and nothing more.
Archive 2007-09-01 2007
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Were we to contend with the grand seignior of the east about our enjoyments, we might easily bear down his windy, pompous train of titles with this one, -- which "millies repetitum placebit," -- The gospel, the gospel!
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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"But what must they do then, seignior?" said the Spaniard.
The Further Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe 1958
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This advice was good: but Will Atkins replied merrily, "That is true, seignior, and so shall I too; and that is the reason I would go on while I am warm."
The Further Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe 1958
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"Why, seignior," says the Spaniard, "by the same rule, we must be your servants, too."
The Further Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe 1958
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