seigneur
[ seen-yur, seyn-; French se-nyœr ]
/ sinˈyɜr, seɪn-; French sɛˈnyœr /
noun, plural sei·gneurs [seen-yurz, seyn-; French se-nyœr] /sinˈyɜrz, seɪn-; French sɛˈnyœr/. (sometimes initial capital letter)
a lord, especially a feudal lord.
(in French Canada) a holder of a seigneury.
Origin of seigneur
1585–95; < French < Vulgar Latin
*senior lord. See
senior
OTHER WORDS FROM seigneur
sei·gneu·ri·al [seen-yur-ee-uh l, seyn-] /sinˈyɜr i əl, seɪn-/, adjectiveWords nearby seigneur
seidlitz powders,
seif,
seif dune,
seifert,
seignette's salt,
seigneur,
seigneury,
seignior,
seigniorage,
seigniory,
seignorial
Example sentences from the Web for seigneur
British Dictionary definitions for seigneur
seigneur
/ (sɛˈnjɜː, French sɛɲœr) /
noun
a feudal lord, esp in France
(in French Canada, until 1854) the landlord of an estate that was subdivided among peasants who held their plots by a form of feudal tenure
Derived forms of seigneur
seigneurial, adjectiveWord Origin for seigneur
C16: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin
senior, from Latin: an elderly man; see
senior