grand seigneur
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of grand seigneur
literally: great lord
Example Sentences
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The popular image of the orchestra conductor is that of a grand seigneur: imperious, authoritarian and, more often than not, old.
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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."
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Yet he had enough spare energy to become the 19th century's grand seigneur of French literature, hammering out poems, plays, novels and essays as other men might manufacture horseshoes.
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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.
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The game wasn't worth the candle; I should never have been able to do the grand seigneur as he does it.
From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess
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