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 owned this estate of Lamoral in Canada, that is, two-thirds of the original seigniory; the other third belongs to the present seignior and seignioress in Richelieu-en-Bas.

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

It is our seignior, the Canadian, who cares for it.

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

"The seignior has a look of that other—but he is not the same."

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

"And the seignior did not trust mademoiselle with me?"

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

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