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s-yur; Fr. muh-syɶ] Pronunciation Key
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s-yur; Fr. muh-syɶ] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural mes·sieurs
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Audio Help [meys-yurz, mes-erz; Fr. me-syɶ] Pronunciation Key. | the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir. |
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Monsieur
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n. pl. Mes·sieurs (mā-syɶ', měs'ərz)
[French, from Old French : mon, my (from Latin meum, accusative of meus; see me-1 in Indo-European roots) + sieur, lord, sir (from Vulgar Latin *seiorem, accusative of *seior; see sire).] |
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monsieur
1512, from Fr., from mon sieur "my lord," from sieur "lord," shortened form of seigneur (see monseigneur) It was the historical title for the second son or next younger brother of the king of France.
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| monsieur | |
noun | |
| used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English 'Mr' |
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Monsieur
Mon`sei`gneur"\, n.; pl. Messeigneurs. [F., fr. mon my + seigneur lord, L. senior older. See Senior, and cf. Monsieur.] My lord; -- a title in France of a person of high birth or rank; as, Monseigneur the Prince, or Monseigneur the Archibishop. It was given, specifically, to the dauphin, before the Revolution of 1789. (Abbrev. Mgr.)| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Monsieur
Mon*sieur"\, n.; pl. Messieurs. [F., fr. mon my + Sieur, abbrev. of seigneur lord. See Monseigneur.]1. The common title of civility in France in speaking to, or of, a man; Mr. or Sir. [Represented by the abbreviation M. or Mons. in the singular, and by MM. or Messrs. in the plural.] 2. The oldest brother of the king of France. 3. A Frenchman. [Contemptuous] --Shak.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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