señor

[ seyn-yawr, -yohr, seen-; Spanish se-nyawr ]

noun

, plural se·ñors, Spanish se·ño·res [se-, nyaw, -, r, es].

1. a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. : Sr.

señor

/ sɛˈnjɔː; seˈɲor /

noun

1. a Spaniard or Spanish-speaking man: a title of address equivalent to Mr when placed before a name or sir when used alone

Word History and Origins

Origin of señor¹

1615–25; < Spanish < Vulgar Latin *senior. See senior

Word History and Origins

Origin of señor¹

Spanish, from Latin senior an older man, senior

Example Sentences

Both George Stephanopoulos and former Romney adviser Dan Senor quickly dismissed the idea as “too much.”

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Dan Senor talks of a "systemic" crisis in right-wing polling that misled the Romney campaign.

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The modeling was way off," Senor said during an appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe."

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So it's just the phrase "puppet master," referring to Dan Senor, supposedly (as Dowd had it) pulling Paul Ryan's strings.

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Read the Senor quote; it's unmistakably moving the goalposts a lot closer.

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That morning, as the hunter go, he say, with cunning smile: 'A flask of wine for senora and senor.'

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The Narvaez ministry was broken up, and that of Senor Isturitz followed; that too was destroyed.

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If by accident you were to say senor, in the hearing of anyone, there would be trouble at once.

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Not exactly a stranger, senor, since you are a friend of my friend, Leon Gonzales.

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How could I give you a rope, senor, with all these people about?

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