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si⋅gnior

  [seen-yawr, -yohr, sin-yawr, -yohr]
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–noun
signor.

si⋅gnor

  [seen-yawr, -yohr, sin-yawr, -yohr; It. see-nyawr]
–noun, plural -gnors, Italian. -gno⋅ri  [-nyaw-ree] .
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
Also, signior.

Origin:
1570–80; < It; see signore 1
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si·gnior   (sēn-yôr', -yōr')   
n.  Variant of signor.
si·gnor also si·gnior   (sēn-yôr', -yōr')   
n.   pl. si·gno·ri (sēn-yôr'ē, -yō'rē) also si·gniors or si·gnors Abbr. Sig. or S.
Used as a courtesy title for a man in an Italian-speaking area, equivalent to Mr.

[Italian, variant of signore; see signore.]
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Word Origin & History

signor 
1577, from It. signore, from L. seniorem, acc. of senior (see senior). Feminine form signora is from 1636; dim. signorina is first recorded 1820.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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