señor
Americannoun
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señors,
plural
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señores
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of señor
1615–25; < Spanish < Vulgar Latin *senior. See senior
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When Papi died, Mrs. J. and the señor came to his wake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
“I am sorry, señor, Did you not ask me for ‘Pure toquilla, right up to the brim’?”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022
From the club that gave you Goodbye Mr Clough ... adiós señor Bielsa.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2022
That, however, was not what the great señor was after.
From Golf Digest ● Sep. 25, 2019
“But, señor, I have other guests. Many of the officers in the Navy and their ladies. They ask me what the noise is. What am I to do?”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
“Señoras y señores, put your hands together for the Co-Co’s!”
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
They cannot get out of the island, señores," said he, "as no steamer leaves to-day, and they must understand by this that they cannot escape us.
From The Recipe for Diamonds by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne
The señores wear a suit of black, except a vest of white, and pearl-colored gloves.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various
My duty to you señores lies only in handling the crew.
From The Pathless Trail by Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel
Ah, señores, you can not know how we suffered!
From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking
He is the very person you want, young señors, for he knows the desert and he knows the mountains.
From Frank Merriwell Down South by Burt L. Standish
Farewell, señors, for a short time;” and he continued his course in the direction he was before going.
From In New Granada Heroes and Patriots by William Henry Giles Kingston
And the curse sticks, señors, working itself out by means of this devil of a light who, within one week, chooses the fat belly of the jefe of Tehultepec as a cushion for his heels.
From The Mystery of The Barranca by Herman Whitaker
“He does not know where to find you, señors; but if you will show me your place of concealment, I will try and find him, and bring him to you.”
From The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco by Perat
And while they stood shivering before them he gave them their orders—first to recover the baggage, then to convey the señors in safety to their mine.
From The Mystery of The Barranca by Herman Whitaker
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