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mon·sieur

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s-yur; Fr. muh-syɶ] Pronunciation Key

–noun, plural mes·sieurs

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.

[Origin: 1490–1500; < F: lit., my lord (orig. applied only to men of high station); see sire

]

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n. pl. Mes·sieurs (mā-syɶ', měs'ərz)

Abbr. M. Used as a courtesy title before the surname, full name, or professional title of a man in a French-speaking area: Monsieur Cartier; Monsieur Jacques Cartier.
monsieur Used as a form of polite address for a man in a French-speaking area.

[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.)

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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.

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