seigneur
[ seen-yur, seyn-; French se-nyœr ]
/ sinˈyɜr, seɪn-; French sɛˈnyœr /
noun, plural sei·gneurs [seen-yurz, seyn-; French se-nyœr]. /sinˈyɜrz, seɪn-; French sɛˈnyœr/. (sometimes initial capital letter)
a lord, especially a feudal lord.
(in French Canada) a holder of a seigneury.
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Origin of seigneur
1585–95; <French <Vulgar Latin *senior lord. See senior
OTHER WORDS FROM seigneur
sei·gneu·ri·al [seen-yur-ee-uhl, seyn-], /sinˈyɜr i əl, seɪn-/, adjectiveWords nearby seigneur
Seidlitz powders, seif, seif dune, Seifert, Seignette's salt, seigneur, seigneury, seignior, seigniorage, seigniory, seignorial
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British Dictionary definitions for seigneur
seigneur
/ (sɛˈnjɜː, French sɛɲœr) /
noun
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
Derived forms of seigneur
seigneurial, adjectiveWord Origin for seigneur
C16: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin senior, from Latin: an elderly man; see senior
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