seignior

[ seen-yer ]

/ ˈsin yər /

a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.

Origin of seignior

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

They promised their seignior that they would build him a residence, thirty feet long and sixteen feet wide.

The Makers of Canada: Champlain |N. E. Dionne
Well, said I, seignior, but how do they go out of one valley into another?

A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before |Daniel Defoe
What kind of a seignior is he who studies the price of things?

The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 1 (of 6) |Hippolyte A. Taine
Candide thereupon sent a messenger to Seignior Pococurante, desiring permission to wait on him the next day.

Voltaire's Romances |Franois-Marie Arouet

After supper my patron turned to me and said, Come, seignior, prepare yourself to take a walk.

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

seignior

/ (ˈseɪnjə) /

a less common name for a seigneur

(in England) the lord of a seigniory

seigniorial (seɪˈnjɔːrɪəl), adjective

C14: from Anglo-French segnour; see seigneur