signorino

[ seen-yaw-ree-noh; Italian see-nyaw-ree-naw ]

/ ˌsin yɔˈri noʊ; Italian ˌsi nyɔˈri nɔ /

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noun, plural si·gno·ri·nos, Italian si·gno·ri·ni

[see-nyaw-ree-nee]. /ˌsi nyɔˈri ni/.

a conventional Italian title of respect for a young man.

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Origin of signorino

1325–75; <Italian; diminutive of signore signore¹; see -ine¹

The next day her head ached so, and when the signorino saw she was not well he said she might go home and sleep.
Olive in Italy|Moray Dalton
Pasqualino went softly about the garden barefooted, doing his weeding, and once or twice came to look at his Signorino.
Up and Down|Edward Frederic Benson
But it will be a good day when I hear there the steps of the Signorino and of you.
Up and Down|Edward Frederic Benson
And shall we all be as happy as the Signorino when we come to our last bed?
Up and Down|Edward Frederic Benson

The schools allow fifteen soldi an hour, but the signorino is paying me twenty-five soldi.
Olive in Italy|Moray Dalton