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seigneur

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seign·eur  (sn-yûr, sn-yr)
n.
1. A man of rank, especially a feudal lord in the ancien régime.
2. In Canada, a man who owned a large estate originally held by a feudal grant from the king of France.
3. Used as a form of address for such a man.
[French, from Old French seignor, from Vulgar Latin *senior; see seignior.]
seign·euri·al adj.
seigneur
Noun
a feudal lord, esp. in France [Old French]
seigneurial adj
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Noun1.seigneurseigneur - a man of rank in the ancient regime
feudal lord, seignior
liege lord, liege - a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service
overlord, lord, master - a person who has general authority over others
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He was that absent-minded crank, a grand seigneur husband who was in no one's way, and far from spoiling the high tone and general impression of the drawing room, he served, by the contrast he presented to her, as an advantageous background to his elegant and tactful wife.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
" said D'Artagnan to himself, "can this be the Seigneur du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds?
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Colbert, placed with Michel Letellier, secretary of state in 1648, by his cousin Colbert, Seigneur de Saint-Penange, who protected him, received one day from the minister a commission for Cardinal Mazarin.
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