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messieurs

/mɛˈsjɜː(ɹ)z/

messieurs is the plural of monsieur.

Meaning of monsieur

Noun

monsieur (plural monsieurs or messieurs)

  1. (dated) A man, especially a French gentleman.
    • Pass round the decanters; glad to see ye; fill up, monsieurs!1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Cabin”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 589

See all 2 meanings of monsieur

Noun capitalized: Messieurs

IPA/ˈmɛsə(ɹ)z/

Messieurs

  1. (plural) plural of Mister
    • It is a draft on Messieurs Smith and Payne, payable to the lord advocate, for the sum of [...]1821, Thomas Bayly Howell, Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials, and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period [1163] to the Present Time [1820]...
    • Two of the demands which it is proposed to make upon the Zulu King relate to the outrage by Sirayo's sons committed in August last in Natal territory, and to the act of interference by certain Zulus with Messieurs Smith and Deighton whilst [...]1879, “Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute”, in Royal Colonial Institute, Great Britain, page 142
  2. (plural) plural of Monsieur

Questions about messieurs

What is messieurs the plural of?
Messieurs is the plural of monsieur.
What part of speech is messieurs?
Messieurs is a noun.
How do you pronounce messieurs?
Messieurs is pronounced /mɛˈsjɜː(ɹ)z/.

Words near messieurs in the dictionary

  1. messier
  2. Messier number
  3. Messier numbers
  4. Messierian
  5. messiest
  6. messieurs
  7. messily
  8. messin
  9. Messina
  10. Messine
  11. Messineo

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