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seigneur

[seen-yur, seyn-; Fr. se-nyœr]

Origin

noun, plural sei·gneurs

[seen-yurz, seyn-; Fr. se-nyœr] . (sometimes initial capital letter)

a lord, especially a feudal lord.

(in French Canada) a holder of a seigneury.

Origin:
1585–95; < French < Vulgar Latin *senior lord. See senior

Related forms

sei·gneu·ri·al

[seen-yur-ee-uhl, seyn-] , adjective

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seigneur (sɛˈnjɜː, French sɛɲœr)

—n
1.	a feudal lord, esp in France
2.	(in French Canada, until 1854) the landlord of an estate that was subdivided among peasants who held their plots by a form of feudal tenure

[C16: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin senior, from Latin: an elderly man; see senior]

sei'gneurial

—*adj*

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seigneur

"feudal landowner in France," 1592, from M.Fr. seigneur, from O.Fr. seignor (see seignior).

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