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seignior
[ seen-yer ]
noun
- a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.
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Derived Forms
- seigniorial, adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of seignior1
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Example Sentences
"Let me pray for free entrance for this learned person through your guards, Seignior de Crevecoeur," said Louis.
Suppose, O smooth-tongued Seignior, you take a turn with the baby yourself, and see whether your arm tires.
After them came a Turkish lady, a relation of the grand seignior, in a litter borne by two camels with rich housings.
We shall have a feast of tulips, in imitation of that which, as you know, is held in the grand seignior's gardens.
Unfortunately the Grand Seignior had but too well replaced the wrong-headed grand vizier, who had been killed.
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