seigneur
[ seen-yur, seyn-; French se-nyœr ]
/ sinˈyɜr, seɪn-; French sɛˈnyœr /
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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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- seif,
- seif dune,
- seifert,
- seifert, jaroslav,
- seignette's salt,
- seigneury,
- seignior,
- seigniorage,
- seignioral,
- seigniory
Origin of seigneur
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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
Word Origin for seigneur
C16: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin senior, from Latin: an elderly man; see senior
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seigneur
"feudal landowner in France," 1590s, from Middle French seigneur, from Old French seignor (see seignior). Related: Seigneuress.
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