señor

[seyn-yawr, -yohr, seen-, se-nyawr]

noun

plural

señors ,

plural

señores .

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

señor

/ sɛˈnjɔː, seˈɲor /

noun

1. a Spaniard or Spanish-speaking man: a title of address equivalent to Mr when placed before a name or sir when used alone

Word History and Origins

Origin of señor¹

1615–25; < Spanish < Vulgar Latin *senior. See senior

Word History and Origins

Origin of señor¹

Spanish, from Latin senior an older man, _senior

Example Sentences

“Now, everyone’s worried that they will deport our relatives. What will we do? There is no work here. Look at what happened to Señor Jaime.”

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“It’s so sad that Señor Jaime came back in this way,” Zamora said.

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There are only three British-trained runners - Ahoy Senor, The Real Whacker and Royale Pagaille - and they are all outsiders.

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If I close my eyes, I can map their home as it stood in my childhood — the daughters’ bedrooms I would hang out in and watch MTV when mami let me accompany her to work; the laundry room where she ironed the señor’s shirts; the pictures of their daughters when they were bright-faced little girls, the tiny garden house where my sisters and I pretended to be Snow White; their home theater that felt like a museum of cinema.

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When Papi died, Mrs. J. and the señor came to his wake.

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