Word Study
seigneur
OXFORD DICTIONARY
seigneur, n. (also seignior) a feudal lord; the lord of a manor.
Idiom
grand seigneur a person of high rank or noble presence.
Derivative
seigneurial adj. seigniorial adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF seigneur, seignor f. L SENIOR
THESAURUS
seigneur
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