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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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-/, adjective

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How to use seigneur in a sentence

At Montreal, the assumption of the seigneurial duties and privileges was not without difficulty.
Montreal 1535-1914 under the French Rgime|William Henry Atherton
We lay the night at an inn that must have been at one time a seigneurial mansion, for it had a noble courtyard.
Leaves from a Field Note-Book|J. H. Morgan
This is possible enough, for the period was one when squires exercised "seigneurial rights," and when colleens were complacent.
The Magnificent Montez|Horace Wyndham
Seigneurial rights were being abolished, or rather surrendered, at the very time that this transaction was under consideration.
East of Paris|Matilda Betham-Edwards

At the entrance of the old bourg is a great gateway which originally led to the seigneurial enclosure.
Castles and Chateaux of Old Burgundy|Francis Miltoun

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, adjective

Word Origin for seigneur

C16: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin senior, from Latin: an elderly man; see senior

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seigneur

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