seignior
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editFrom Middle English senyour, from Old French seignor, seignior, from Latin senior, seniōrem. Doublet of seigneur, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, sir, and sire.
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editseignior (plural seigniors)
- (historical) A feudal lord; a nobleman who held his lands by feudal grant; any lord (holder) of a manor.
- 2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 2, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:
- Louis XIV’s minions tried to bend New France’s increasingly aboriginal society to his will. […] In the St. Lawrence Valley almost all arable land not reserved for the Church was divided among well-born gentlemen to enable them to become landed aristocrats, or seigniors.
- A title of respect, formerly corresponding (especially in France) approximately to Sir.
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