messieurs
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Ladies and gentlemen, messieurs et mesdames, le cheeseburger.
From Los Angeles Times
But “guys,” in the plural, has come to include everyone—it’s a loose version of “Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, mesdames et messieurs.”
From The New Yorker
That would square with the renaissance of French cuisine cresting across America; Ludo Lefebvre helped jump-start the country’s renewed hunger for precisely blond rolled omelets, escargot and croques messieurs et mesdames with his original Highland location of Petit Trois.
From Los Angeles Times
“Put away your guns, Messieurs.”
From Literature
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“Eh bien, messieurs, c’est fini. Allez,” he said.
From The Guardian
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