seignior
Americannoun
noun
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a less common name for a seigneur
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(in England) the lord of a seigniory
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of seignior
1300–50; Middle English segnour < Anglo-French; see seigneur
Example Sentences
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Perhaps, seignior, says he, you think, notwithstanding that opinion of yours, that we have many more people of our nation in New Spain than we have.
From A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before by Defoe, Daniel
My patron smiled, and said, No seignior, not yet; we shall meet with the other river again very quickly; and so we found it again the next morning.
From A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before by Defoe, Daniel
You live in a golden country, seignior, says I; my men are stark mad to see so much gold, and nobody to take it.
From A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before by Defoe, Daniel
Besides the demesne manors of the lord seignior, six in number, there are some twelve mesne manors and fees belonging to the Penrice estate, and nearly twenty more belonging to various other owners.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
The seignior was usually a person of some consideration 31 by birth and education.
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)
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