seignior

American  

[seen-yer] / ˈsin yər /

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

1. a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.

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seignior British  

/ ˈseɪnjə, seɪˈnjɔːrɪəl /

noun

1. a less common name for a seigneur

2. (in England) the lord of a seigniory

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Other Word Forms

• seigniorial adjective

Etymology

Origin of seignior

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

Example Sentences

He would have liked to have played the grand seignior, if only thereby to get rid of some of his money, but the rôle did not suit him at all.

From The Slaves of the Padishah by J?kai, M?r

It was signed by the English seignior; he, too, was a Ewart.

From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)

But seignior, says he, what people is it you are speaking of?

From A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before by Defoe, Daniel

Naxouat, of which the Sr. Dechofour is seignior, is where the fort commanded by M. de Villebon is established.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)

"But if I am well-informed you have occasionally received your seignior, the Count of Matsch--or Amatia, as they prefer to call it, with all his following?"

From The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister by Hillern, Wilhelmine von