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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Besides the demesne manors of the lord seignior, six in number, there are some twelve mesne manors and fees belonging to the Penrice estate, and nearly twenty more belonging to various other owners.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
It was signed by the English seignior; he, too, was a Ewart.
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller
"And the seignior did not trust mademoiselle with me?"
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller
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 Daniel Defoe
"And the present seignior never knew of this?"
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller
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