- plural of signora.
signore
1 Americannoun
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signori
plural
noun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of signore
1585–95; < Italian < Latin senior; see senior
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The attitudes of many Italians toward Mr. B. are reminiscent of how their forebears regarded the signore, or lord.
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2011
But I came here to ask, signore, if you will come with me to see.
From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by S. (Sidney) Levett-Yeats
Will the signore see if the blade is keen enough?
From The Heart of Denise and Other Tales by S. (Sidney) Levett-Yeats
Then to the stocks they go; and now," almost screamed the host, "not a paul have they paid me, signore, I swear this, the bandits.
From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by S. (Sidney) Levett-Yeats
Sit down, signore, I meant no offence, and my name is Niccolo Machiavelli.
From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by S. (Sidney) Levett-Yeats
Giuseppe Prezzolini noted, “The fact that they had to lead such difficult lives, made of the signori keen observers of men.”
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2011
So we sat down to supper, and pretended to be signori just for that one evening.
From Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 by Various
The signori may pluck their beards out by the roots.
From Little Novels of Italy by Maurice Henry Hewlett
Perhaps the signori will also take a cup?
From Saracinesca by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
Now, tell these signori all you know about that said lugger; where you saw her; when you saw her; and what she was about.
From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by James Fenimore Cooper
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