seignior

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Etymology

From 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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seignior (plural seigniors)

  1. (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.
  2. A title of respect, formerly corresponding (especially in France) approximately to Sir.

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