grand seigneur
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of grand seigneur
literally: great lord
Example Sentences
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There he continues to produce work that sounds less like a grand seigneur than a great copywriter: "How would you like to watch a Wall Creeper running up and down the apricot walls?" he writes.
From Time Magazine Archive
After all, it is paper more than celluloid that allows him to live in the style of a Down East grand seigneur.
From Time Magazine Archive
The popular image of the orchestra conductor is that of a grand seigneur: imperious, authoritarian and, more often than not, old.
From Time Magazine Archive
Within hours his car rolled out of the chateau's gates under the admiring eyes of the neighboring peasants, who had heard of the arrival of a real "grand seigneur."
From Time Magazine Archive
But let your English gentleman visit a French "grand seigneur!"
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
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