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
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He was the last lord seignior to live within the seigniory, which passed from him to his son-in-law John de Mowbray.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
Such a satrap would have borne about the same relation to the great king as the modern pacha does to the grand seignior.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper
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 W. O. (William Odber) Raymond
Nay, seignior, says he, I have only sent them some victuals to maintain my two hostages, for you know they must not want.
From A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before by Daniel Defoe
"The seignior has a look of that other—but he is not the same."
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller
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