señor
Americannoun
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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“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
“I ask myself, is it possible that this señor thinks we have papers? He knows we don’t speak English,” Ms. Morales said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2018
At the training camp they said the words señora, señorita, and señor separate people by age and status.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
“Señoras y señores, put your hands together for the Co-Co’s!”
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
"Now, señores," she said loudly in Castilian, "you have had wine enough and must not keep me waiting."
From The Coast of Adventure by Bindloss, Harold
His time and all that he possessed was entirely at the disposition of the señores.
From The Recipe for Diamonds by Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright
Ah, señores, you can not know how we suffered!
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
But now señores," he continued, as they reached a golden tissue-draped door, "we are arrived.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
“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
"May I take it, señors, that you are satisfied?"
From Bandit Love by Savage, Juanita
In the mean time would the señors be pleased to wait for an hour?
From The Mystery of The Barranca by Whitaker, Herman
"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 Fowler, Frank
It was Paz and Luz, the mules the señors were riding!
From The Mystery of The Barranca by Whitaker, Herman
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