seigneur
[seen-yur, seyn-; French se-nyœr]
- a lord, especially a feudal lord.
- (in French Canada) a holder of a seigneury.
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Origin of seigneur
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Oh, my dear seigneur, how I love you, and how grateful I am to you!
The DreamEmile Zola
You are the personification of fortune, of beauty, and of youth, my dear Seigneur; my only pleasure is in you.
The DreamEmile Zola
One moment, just one moment more, and we will go away, my dear Seigneur.
The DreamEmile Zola
He always called me his "seigneur," as did the other of my servants born at Bardelys.
Bardelys the MagnificentRafael Sabatini
With returning testiness the seigneur swung round to face him again.
ScaramoucheRafael Sabatini
seigneur
- a feudal lord, esp in France
- (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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Word Origin
C16: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin senior, from Latin: an elderly man; see senior
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Word Origin and History for seigneur
n.
"feudal landowner in France," 1590s, from Middle French seigneur, from Old French seignor (see seignior). Related: Seigneuress.
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