signor
noun
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Sig., sig.
signior
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a variation of
signor.
Example Sentences
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What was it you told me the other day that your niece Beatrice was in love with signior Benedick?
From Tales from Shakespeare by Mary Lamb
Had you stayed but as long as the bee pauses on an oleander blossom, you would have heard— Nita.—Buzzing, signior?
From The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life by Anna Katharine Green
Pray you, forbear My hand, good signior; 'tis a ceremony Not due to me.
From Philip Massinger by A. H. Cruickshank
You are not so handsome, signior, that one would die for you.
From The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life by Anna Katharine Green
It was no other me, but me signior Benito.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by Sir Walter Scott
