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
Example Sentences
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“Although we did not know el señor Luis, his death being in our backyard, it’s so close to us,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2026
“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
Lupita went to the side of the door of the boxcar and called, “Señor, señor, por favor?”
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
“Señoras y señores, put your hands together for the Co-Co’s!”
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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
Well, señores," continued the Indian, "Don Esau had his dish of frijolos, and Don Jago the inheritance which he had long coveted.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
I am but the humble puntero of the crew engaged by these señores.
From The Pathless Trail by Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel
This Don Isaac was, as the señores have perhaps heard, a God-fearing man, who had two sons, Don Esau and Don Jago.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
Those enquiries, señors, were at once instituted, and are still being actively pursued; but we are regretfully obliged to confess that thus far they have been entirely without result.
From Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess by Edward S. Hodgson
"He will be perfectly safe here with me, señors, if the servants are allowed to remain."
From The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz Or, Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes by Frank Fowler
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
There being no other choice, the señors would, and, returning to their last night’s perch on the balustrade, they watched the patio disgorge its dark life upon the street.
From The Mystery of The Barranca by Herman Whitaker
"Come on, then, señors," laughed the Englishman gallantly, saluting with his sword, "and see how bravely we English can die when the game is played and we have lost."
From Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main by Will Crawford
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