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
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Etymology
Origin of seignior
1300–50; Middle English segnour < Anglo-French; see seigneur
Example Sentences
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Sincere in art, he could play the grand seignior, the actor, the priest, and diplomat at will.
From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James
They need not do that, seignior, says he, for here is enough for them, and for us too.
From A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before by Defoe, Daniel
"And the present seignior never knew of this?"
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)
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
But, in standing up for steamboats, I must not fail in doing justice to the grand seignior.
From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) by Stephens, John Lloyd
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