Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Seignior"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Seignior \Seign"ior\, n. [OF. seignor, F. seigneur, cf. It.
signore, Sp. se[~n]or from an objective case of L. senier
elder. See {Senior}.]
1. A lord; the lord of a manor.
2. A title of honor or of address in the South of Europe,
corresponding to Sir or Mr. in English.
{Grand Seignior}, the sultan of Turkey.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
seignior
n : a man of rank in the ancien regime [syn: {feudal lord}, {seigneur}]
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