Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man of rank, especially a feudal lord in the ancien régime.
- noun In Canada, a man who owned a large estate originally held by a feudal grant from the king of France.
- noun Used as a form of address for such a man.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
seignior .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun French history A
feudal lord ; anoble . - noun The hereditary feudal ruler of
Sark . - noun A
landowner inCanada ; the holder of aseigneurie .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a man of rank in the ancient regime
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Bodin adopted the term seigneur as the equivalent of despótēs for one of his three varieties of government in the French version of the Six livres de la République
DESPOTISM MELVIN RICHTER 1968
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The term seigneur is still used but is now a mere honorary title.
A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 George M. Wrong
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Bodin adopted the term seigneur as the equivalent of despótēs for one of his three varieties of government in the French version of the Six livres de la République
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The habitants of New France respected the horny-handed man in homespun whom they called their seigneur: the depth of this loyalty and respect could not fairly be measured by old-world standards.
The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism William Bennett Munro 1916
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The ancients among the Hebrews, the Geronts of Sparta, the Senate of Rome, nay, the very etymology of our word seigneur, show how much gray hairs were formerly respected.
Second Part 1909
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Rome, nay, the very etymology of our word seigneur, show how much gray hairs were formerly respected.
A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation Of The Inequality Among Mankind Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1745
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The social rank and the reputed ability of the seigneur were the determining factors.
The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism William Bennett Munro 1916
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The seigneur was his friend, but the seigneur could not disobey the governor's orders.
The Refugees Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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The seigneur was the protector of the little town that lay below.
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Life "_en grand seigneur_" has never been the foible of the rich American, but as the seigneur is a species of recent growth and has not yet had time to blossom into flower and show us just to what his nature turns, we must watch his movements hereafter with interest.
Round the World Andrew Carnegie 1877
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