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.
signors
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pluralof signor.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"Buy some bouquets for your fair sweethearts, signors," she said.
From Monte-Cristo's Daughter by Edmund Flagg
The patrons of players and buffoons, signors and signorinas, are their friends.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School
"What do you want with me, signors?" said he.
From Historic Boyhoods by Rupert Sargent Holland
You see the whole city full of complaint and indignation against us; the citizens are closely united, and the signors are constantly with the magistrates.
From History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy by Niccolò Machiavelli
It may seem well nigh impossible to you, signors, but what I say is strictly true.
From The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
