seignior

American  

[seen-yer] / ˈsin yər /

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

1. a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.

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seignior British  

/ ˈseɪnjə, seɪˈnjɔːrɪəl /

noun

1. a less common name for a seigneur

2. (in England) the lord of a seigniory

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Other Word Forms

• seigniorial adjective

Etymology

Origin of seignior

1300–50; Middle English segnour < Anglo-French; seigneur

Example Sentences

Such were some of the blessed fruits of the alliance between the grand seignior and the head of the Catholic Church.

From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling

To see the Seigniory of Lamoral where lived his grandp�re's seignior, lived and died?"—"A pilgrimage?

From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)

The seignior was usually a person of some consideration 31 by birth and education.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)

"And the present seignior never knew of this?"

From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)

While we omit such things as these, seignior, says he, what signifies Spain making new acquisitions, or the people of Spain seeking new countries?

From A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before by Defoe, Daniel