seignior

[ seen-yer ]

/ ˈsin yər /

noun (sometimes initial capital letter)

a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.

Nearby words

Origin of seignior

1300–50; Middle English segnour < Anglo-French; see seigneur

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Examples from the Web for seignior

They promised their seignior that they would build him a residence, thirty feet long and sixteen feet wide.
The Makers of Canada: Champlain|N. E. Dionne
Well, said I, seignior, but how do they go out of one valley into another?
A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before|Daniel Defoe
What kind of a seignior is he who studies the price of things?
The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 1 (of 6)|Hippolyte A. Taine
Candide thereupon sent a messenger to Seignior Pococurante, desiring permission to wait on him the next day.
Voltaire's Romances|Franois-Marie Arouet

After supper my patron turned to me and said, Come, seignior, prepare yourself to take a walk.
A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before|Daniel Defoe

British Dictionary definitions for seignior

seignior

/ (ˈseɪnjə) /

noun

a less common name for a seigneur

(in England) the lord of a seigniory

Derived Formsseigniorial (seɪˈnjɔːrɪəl), adjective

Word Origin for seignior

C14: from Anglo-French segnour; see seigneur

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Word Origin and History for seignior

seignior

"lord of a manor," late 13c., from Old French seignior (11c., Modern French seigneur), from Latin seniorem (nominative senior) "older" (see senior (adj.)). As a general title for a Frenchman, it dates from 1580s. Related: Seigniorial; seignioral.