seigneur
Americannoun
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a lord, especially a feudal lord.
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(in French Canada) a holder of a seigneury.
noun
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a feudal lord, esp in France
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(in French Canada, until 1854) the landlord of an estate that was subdivided among peasants who held their plots by a form of feudal tenure
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Etymology
Origin of seigneur
1585–95; < French < Vulgar Latin *senior lord. See senior
Example Sentences
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You can call him the Seigneur du Scalp: Not only does Philip Kingsley offer tried-and-true products, he also runs a “trichological clinic” in Midtown Manhattan that caters to the truly tress distressed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2018
He appeared only to have ever read two books - Louis-Ferdinand Celine's Journey to the End of the Night and Albert Cohen's Belle du Seigneur.
From BBC • Jul. 29, 2011
Mathieu, the most successful, became master painter to the city of Paris, assumed the title of Seigneur de la Jumelle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before his execution, Eleazar gets to sing one of the tenderest arias in tenor literature, Rachel, quand du Seigneur.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Mow cher—naturally—what else could he say? He adores his wife. He wants to save her! He tells his lie very well—quite in the grand Seigneur manner, but what else than a lie could it be?”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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