grand seigneur
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of grand seigneur
literally: great lord
Example Sentences
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As soon as I entered the villa, Victor, with the hospitality of a gastronomic grand seigneur, led me to the kitchen and, opening the tremendous refrigerators, bared his culinary treasures.
From Time Magazine Archive
He reminded one musician of a "decadent Roman emperor�possibly Genghis Khan or even a barbarous Scythian�and lastly, what he really was: a Russian 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
The result ranges from ho-hum when Royalty seeks laughs by bellowing "Shut up," to ha-ha when Hope tries on the mannerisms of a grand seigneur.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prince Metternich will do nothing; he is trop grand seigneur to work on the press.
From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar
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