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Monseigneur definition

Mon·sei·gneur (män′sen yʉr′; Fr mōn se nyër′)

noun pl. Messeigneurs Mes′·sei·gneurs′ (mes′en yʉrz′; Fr mā se nyër′)

  1. a French title of honor given to persons of high birth or rank or to important church officers
  2. a person with this title

Etymology: Fr, lit., my lord < mon, my + seigneur, lord < L senior, older: see senior

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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