noun
pl. mes′sieurs- a man; gentleman
- [M-] French title, equivalent to Mr. or Sir
Origin of monsieur
Fr, literally , my lord (see sire): origin, originally applied to men of high positionmonsieur
Mon·sieurWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Monsieur
noun
pl. Mes·sieurs,- Abbr. M Used as a courtesy title before the surname, full name, or professional title of a man in a French-speaking area: Monsieur Cartier; Monsieur Jacques Cartier.
- monsieur Used as a form of polite address for a man in a French-speaking area.
Origin of Monsieur
French from Old French mon my ( from Latin meum ) ( accusative of meus ; see me-1 in Indo-European roots.) sieur lord, sir ( from Vulgar Latin seiorem ) ( accusative of *seior ; see sire . )THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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