senhor
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of senhor
1785–95; < Portuguese < Vulgar Latin *senior lord; see senior
Example Sentences
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"Your change, senhor," said the waiter, tossing onto the marble-topped coffee table: some aspirin tablets, a string of trolley-car tickets and a postage stamp.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first was with a grave middle-aged senhor, of superior appearance, who checked our hats at the Monumental Club.
From Time Magazine Archive
Old Portuguese, Diez mentions senhor rainha, mia sennor formosa, my beautiful mistress.211.Marsh, p.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
"As you say, senhor, a man who never has had to work."
From The Pathless Trail by Friel, Arthur O. (Arthur Olney)
Worth everything, so long as you do nothing to make them forget it, senhor.
From The Pathless Trail by Friel, Arthur O. (Arthur Olney)
"Hiss-sss-sss" went the fine senhorinas, "sss-sss-sss" went the fierce senhores.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ten years ago, senhores, a ton sold for six thousand five hundred dollars.
From The Pathless Trail by Friel, Arthur O. (Arthur Olney)
"Sit, senhores," he urged, with a languid wave of the hand toward chairs.
From The Pathless Trail by Friel, Arthur O. (Arthur Olney)
"And I might tell you, senhores, that among these people it is an insult to refuse any food offered you," added Lourenço.
From The Pathless Trail by Friel, Arthur O. (Arthur Olney)
"Something of this Raposa and of those red-streaked people has come to my ears, senhores, but only as rumors," he said, slowly.
From The Pathless Trail by Friel, Arthur O. (Arthur Olney)
Will the senhors honour us by becoming the latter?”
From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux
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