Seigneur Definition

sān-yûr, sĕn-yœr
noun

Seignior.

Webster's New World
A man of rank, especially a feudal lord in the ancien régime.
American Heritage
In French Canada, through the mid-19th cent., the owner of an estate orig. granted by royal decree to 17th-cent. French settlers.
Webster's New World
Used as a form of address for such a man.
American Heritage

A landowner in Canada; the holder of a seigneurie.

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Other Word Forms of Seigneur

Noun

Singular:
seigneur
Plural:
seigneurs

Origin of Seigneur

  • French from Old French seignor from Vulgar Latin senior seignior

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French seigneur, from Old French seignor.

    From Wiktionary

Seigneur Sentence Examples

  • In the centre were 8000 French infantry (the ancestors of the later Picardie and Piedmont regiments) under the seigneur de Molart, and 5000 Italian infantry.

  • Voltaire had made, however, a useful friend in another grand seigneur, as profligate and nearly as intelligent, the duke of Richelieu, and with him he passed 1724 and the next year chiefly, recasting Mariamne (which was now successful), writing the comedy of L'Indiscret, and courting the queen, the ministers, the favourites and everybody who seemed worth.

  • In 1603 Champlain made his first voyage to Canada, being sent out by Aymar de Clermont, seigneur de Chastes, on whom the king had bestowed a patent.

  • His grandson, Louis Duverger, seigneur de La Rochejacquelein, was a devoted adherent of Henry II., and was badly wounded at the battle of Arques; other members of the family were also distinguished soldiers, and the seigniory was raised to a countship and marquisate in reward for their services.

  • His father, Pierre d'Amboise, seigneur de Chaumont, was chamberlain to Charles VII.

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