senhor

American  

[sin-yawr, -yohr, si-nyawr] / sɪnˈyɔr, -ˈyoʊr, sɪˈnyɔr /

noun

senhors, plural senhores plural

1. a Portuguese term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Sr.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• senhors
  plural
• senhores
  plural

Etymology

Origin of senhor

1785–95; < Portuguese < Vulgar Latin *senior lord; see senior

Example Sentences

"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

Henrique Bleyle has put up at auction a cargo of furnishing goods--" "O n�o, senhor, not at all!

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various

"As you say, senhor, a man who never has had to work."

From The Pathless Trail by Friel, Arthur O. (Arthur Olney)

"You have been fortunate, senhor," he said, simply—and stepped around to the other side of the fire.

From The Pathless Trail by Friel, Arthur O. (Arthur Olney)