Seignior

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Seignior \Seign"ior\, n. [OF. seignor, F. seigneur, cf. It.
     signore, Sp. se[~n]or from an objective case of L. senier
     elder. See {Senior}.]
     1. A lord; the lord of a manor.
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     2. A title of honor or of address in the South of Europe,
        corresponding to Sir or Mr. in English.
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     {Grand Seignior}, the sultan of Turkey.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  seignior
       n : a man of rank in the ancien regime [syn: {feudal lord}, {seigneur}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  SEIGNIOR or SEIGNEUR. Among the feudists, this name signified lord of the 
  fee. F. N. B. 23. The most extended signification of this word includes not 
  only a lord or peer of parliament, but is applied to the owner or proprietor 
  of a thing; hence, the owner of a hawk, and the master of a fishing vessel, 
  is called a seigneur. 37 Edw. Ill. c. 19; Barr. on the Stat. 258.